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  • Shale Gas: Not the Wise Choice for Pennsylvania

    I was asked to submit this piece by the Northeast Pennsylvania Energy Journal, a pro-fracking magazine funded entirely by gas industry ads that’s inserted in our local newspapers. The piece will be printed with an industry representative’s counter argument that shale gas is good for Pennsylvania and the climate. Power Shift Shalefield Tour by Alex…

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  • Biomass Industry Needs to Prepare for Water Constraints

    – April 14, 2014. Source: KDUZ/KARP St. Paul, Minn.– The ethanol plant in Buffalo Lake formerly owned by Minnesota Energy is in the process of correcting water and air quality permit violations, and must pay a $10,000 civil penalty, according to an agreement with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). In October 2012, Renville County officials…

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  • Biomass Industry Needs to Prepare for Water Constraints

    – by Phil Ciciora, March 5, 2014. Source: University of Illinois News Office Debates surrounding the sustainability of bioenergy have emerged in recent years relating to water quality and quantity, and those debates will only grow louder as big urban areas in the U.S. start running out of water and environmental groups and the Environmental Protection…

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