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Report: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage a Mistake
A new report by Rachel Smolker and Almuth Ernsting of Biofuelwatch condemns carbon capture and storage (CCS) as setting the stage for increased burning of climate-busting biomass and fossil fuels for energy, in effect keeping us from looking at the way the way we produce—and consume—energy. BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage): Climate saviour or dangerous…
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A “Sustainable” Military?
– by Rachel Smolker, Biofuelwatch In December 2012, the U.S. Senate voted to strike language from the National Defense Authorization Act that would have limited military use of biofuels by requiring that they only purchase biofuels at costs comparable to petroleum fuels. Further, they amended the bill to allow defense spending on refinery construction, previously prohibited. That…
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Gainesville Sun’s Biomass Cover-Up
– by Karen Orr, Energy Justice Network One of the tragedies of life in Gainesville, Florida is that there is so little reality based journalism. In today’s SUN, editorial page editor Ron Cunningham continues the newspaper’s disinformation campaign on the city’s Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC) boondoggle. Cunningham rewrites history when he states: “I just wish they had been here hotly debating…
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