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Amidst Opposition, a Conference and Industry in Crisis
Amidst Opposition, a Conference and Industry in Crisis – by Will Bennington, Global Justice Ecology Project (Photo: Orin Langelle/photolangelle.org) Hundreds of activists descended upon Asheville, North Carolina in May for a week of major protests at the international bi-annual Tree Biotechnology conference. The conference, hosted by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), is a major…
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Energy Justice Network Pushes for Clean Air in Allentown, PA
Energy Justice Network Pushes for Clean Air in Allentown, PA June 18, 2013. Source: Colin McEvoy, The Express Times A clean air bill proposed by opponents of the planned Allentown waste-to-energy plant may be at odds with state law. The city released a copy of a letter today from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection arguing…
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Tree plantations and bioenergy with carbon capture: far from “safe” geoengineering
Tree plantations and bioenergy with carbon capture: far from “safe” geoengineering J June 11, 2013. Source: Almuth Ernsting, Hands Off Mother Earth. Amongst geoengineering methods, ‘afforestation’, Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) and biochar are commonly promoted as ‘safe’, benign’ or ‘soft’ options – unlike, say, shooting sulphur particles into the stratosphere. According to a 2011…
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