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  • Berlin, NH Biomass Incinerator Operational, But At What Cost To Ratepayers?

    – by Chris Jensen, August 21, 2014, New Hampshire Public Radio A new biomass plant in Berlin is finally producing electricity for Public Service of New Hampshire under a controversial 20-year contract that a report says will cost PSNH ratepayers $125 million more than if the electricity was purchased on the open market… That estimate came…

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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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