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Proposed Washington Biomass Incinerator Nets $200k State Grant
[Another biomass incinerator that would require the logging of public lands. -Ed.] – by Eric Florip, August 27, 2014, The Columbian A $200,000 state grant will support a new biomass-fueled power plant near Stevenson expected to be operational next year, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday. The money will go to Wind River Biomass Utility, which has…
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Stalled Springfield, MA Biomass Incinerator Gets Building Permit
– by Michaelann Bewsee, August 21, 2014, Arise for Social Justice Funny how bad news can make you want to fight even harder for justice. Remember the community’s fight to keep a biomass plant out of Springfield? Yesterday we found out that the Land Court granted Palmer Renewable Energy’s request to reinstate their building permit, undoing…
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Tennessee Biomass Incinerator Shut Down For Costs, Safety
– by Frank Munger, August 24, 2014, Knoxville News Sentinel Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Biomass Steam Plant, heralded as a money saver and friend to the environment, failed to live up to its hype operationally, and the U.S. Department of Energy is reportedly trying to renegotiate its deal with the company that performed this and other projects at…
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