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Wisconsin Governor Wants to Cut $8 Million from Bioenergy Research
– by Thomas Content and Lee Bergquist, February 28, 2015, Journal Sentinel In an about-face from his first term, Gov. Scott Walker wants to eliminate funding for a University of Wisconsin-Madison renewable energy research center that has played a key role in helping land one of its biggest government grants ever. In his budget, Walker is…
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Syracuse City Council Seeks Alternatives to Incineration
– by Tim Knauss, March 2, 2015, Syracuse.com The city council today voted against a 20-year extension of Syracuse’s garbage disposal contract with the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, citing a desire to pursue alternatives to trash incineration. Syracuse remains obligated under its existing contract to haul waste to OCCRA’s trash plant near Jamesville through June…
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BLM Plan to Convert Nevada’s Pinyon Forests to Biomass Threatens Ancient Rituals
– by Lisa Gale Garrigues, Indian Country Today Media Network For centuries the pinyon trees of Nevada have nourished the Shoshone, Paiute and other peoples, giving them pine nuts, ingredients for soup, milk and even a place to pray. Now it is about to become something else: a profitable source of biomass. The Pinyon-Juniper Partnership, a consortium…
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