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Study: The Dark Side of Forest Carbon Sequestration
Science has taught us that humans and trees have a symbiotic relationship: humans and other living creatures exhale carbon dioxide, which trees absorb to produce oxygen, which we then breathe. It’s a perfect circle that maintains life on Earth as we know it. But a recent study out of Rhode Island’s Miskatonic University has identified…
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More California Biomass Facilities Closing
– by Seth Nidever, March 26, 2015, Hanford Sentinel [Notice not a single mention of health and environmental impacts of biomass facilities. -Josh] Once upon a time, local orchard farmers taking out trees piled them up in large heaps and struck a match, sending huge plumes of smoke into the air. More recently, the waste has…
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Plainfield, Vermont Biomass Continues to Rile Neighbors
– by Eric Blaisdell, March 27, 2015, Vermont Public Radio Things got so heated at Plainfield’s Select Board meeting Monday night in a discussion about Goddard College’s planned biomass-fueled heat plant, that one elected official told board members they’d be in “deep water” if they disregarded some residents’ wishes to have another meeting on it. The…
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