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Photos Show Whole Trees Burned for Biomass Power
Photos Show Whole Trees Burned for Biomass Power New evidence has emerged once again proving that biomass power incinerators burn whole trees—not just wood “residues”—for fuel. The photographs below (taken in December 2012) show thousands of trees stacked and awaiting the chipper at Hemphill Power and Light, a 14-megawatt biomass power incinerator in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.…
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Green Group Appeals California Biomass Proposal
Green Group Appeals California Biomass Proposal Center for Biological Diversity, a national nonprofit environmental organization based in Arizona, is appealing a December 2012 Placer County Planning Commission decision to adopt a conditional use permit and certify the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Cabin Creek Biomass Energy Facility. Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) alleges that the EIR for…
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The Cellulosic Myth
The Cellulosic Myth – by Brian Tokar [Excerpted from “Biofuels and the Global Food Crisis,” in Fred Magdoff and Brian Tokar, eds., Agriculture and Food in Crisis: Conflict Resistance, and Renewal, New York: MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS, 2010.] Logging for biomass energy in Vermont As concerns about agrofuels’ implications for food supplies and the environment have become…
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