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SOS! National Day of Action to Save Our Southern Forests
-By Emily Zucchino, October 28, 2014, Dogwood Alliance Today’s biggest threat to Southern forests is the growing biomass industry. The wood pellet industry is expanding at a rate that is impossible for Southern forests to sustain. Our beautiful forests are being clear-cut, processed into pellets and then shipped to Europe to be burned for electricity. We…
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Biofuel Company Files for Bankruptcy
– by Katie Fehrenbacher, November 11, 2014, Gigaom.com Biofuel company KiOR, which has become a symbol of the difficulties of venture capitalists investing in clean technology startups, finally filed for bankruptcy this week, many months after shutting down its biofuel plant and operating on fumes, unable to pay its debts. Many, including myself, have been predicting this for awhile…
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Indiana Ethanol Facility Fined $9,600 for Clean Air Act Violations
– by Seth Slabaugh, November 11, 2014, The Star Press Cardinal Ethanol has paid a $9,600 fine to settle a complaint that it violated its Clean Air Act operating permit. The penalty is insignificant in light of the grassroots, investor-owned company’s profitability — $26.4 million net income for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2013. President…
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