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  • Oregon Group Files Civil Rights Complaint Over Biomass Air Pollution

    – by Lisa Arkin, August 6, 2014, Beyond Toxics On August 6, Beyond Toxics filed a civil rights and environmental justice complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging the Lane County Regional Air Protection Agency’s decision to allow a power plant to increase its discharges of hazardous particulate matter. The complaint alleges that allowing…

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  • Santa Barbara, CA Eyes $50 Million Trash Anaerobic Digestion Project

    [NOTE: this is a proposal for anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste, not an incinerator.  Energy Justice support digestion of unrecyclable residuals before landfilling as part of a zero waste plan.] – by Joshua Molina, August 16, 2014, Noozhawk Santa Barbara County is proposing a $50 million trash-to-energy project that would double the life of the Tajiguas landfill and radically redefine trash diversion as…

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  • Springfield, MA Biomass Incinerator Permit Reinstated

    – by Suzanne McLaughlin, August 20, 2014, MassLive Massachusetts Land Court has granted Palmer Renewable Energy’s request to reinstate its building permit for a biomass wood-burning plant in East Springfield, undoing the Springfield Zoning Board of Appeals’ decision that the building permit was invalid. The decision states that no special permit is needed and the building…

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