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It’s Not a Fire, It’s Biomass
June 12, 2013. Source: Hibbing Daily Tribune HIBBING, Minnesota — The lighting of the biomass boiler by the Hibbing Public Utilities (HPU) Wednesday has resulted in smoke over the city. The Hibbing Fire Department and 911 have received numerous calls of persons reporting smoke or fires in the area, according to Fire Chief Scott Nehiba.…
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Garbage In, Garbage Out
Garbage In, Garbage Out – by Mercedes Brugh One of the unanswered questions about the pyrolyzation garbage-to-electricity proposal for Logansport, Indiana has been about emissions. No proof has been offered about emissions. We have been told that the Pyrolyzer plant will have to follow the “strictest emissions rules,” but that is no comfort. Indiana consistently ranks among…
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Facts Needed on Penrose, NC Biomass Proposal
– by Rick and Jeannie Falknor Transylvania County residents deserve all the facts about the proposed biofuel plant at the airport site in Penrose [North Carolina], especially the negative impacts such a business can have on our county. First, biomass power generation is a dirty industry. According to a Wall Street Journal-cited study conducted in early…
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