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Report: “Unintended Consequences” from Biomass Boom
Report: “Unintended Consequences” from Biomass Boom – by Josh Schlossberg Add another one to the stack of studies shattering the biomass industry’s illusion of carbon neutrality. One would assume that the scientific community’s repeated debunking of the alleged climate benefits of biomass would already have knocked the polluting energy source off its “green” pedestal.…
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Campaigners Challenge Environment Agency
Campaigners Challenge Environment Agency – by The Breathe Clean Air Group Trafford, UK-based Breathe Clean Air Group has challenged the Environment Agency over a serious irregularity in issuing the controversial Barton Renewable Energy Plant in Greater Manchester, with an Environmental Permit. Group Chairman Pete Kilvert has written to Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles claiming that the Environment…
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Biomass Energy: Dirty and Unsustainable
Biomass Energy: Dirty and Unsustainable – by Ron Zeller President Obama’s continuing “all-out, all-in, all-of-the-above” energy strategy still supports biomass energy development despite its increasingly obvious problems, numerous abandoned facilities, and public rejection. An asserted need to reduce America’s reliance on imported oil is frequently cited in arguments made for funding projects which are otherwise…
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