-
Trash Incineration is the Most Expensive Way to Make Energy
The variable operations and maintenance (O&M) costs are as follows: Variable O&M costs include fuel and other consumable materials and supplies; raw water; waste and wastewater disposal expenses; purchased power (incurred inversely to operating hours), demand charges and related utilities; chemicals, catalysts and gases; ammonia for selective catalytic reduction (SCR), as applicable; and lubricants. Source: “Updated…
-
Natural Gas + Ethanol = Explosion
– by Larry Phillips, June 30, 2014, Leader and Times academized.com Leader & Times Online Firefighters responded to an explosion Sunday evening at Conestoga Energy’s Arkalon Ethanol Plant. Fortunately, no one was injured from the blast or subsequent fire, according to Seward County Fire Chief Mike Rice. “We got the page at 7:04 p.m. (Sunday) about…
-
The Ten Commandments of Movement Solidarity
After a decade of grassroots advocacy, my personal belief is that the greatest obstacle to positive change in the world isn’t corporations, the government, or the 1%, but lack of movement solidarity. And no, I’m not pretending to be some modern day Moses bringing the divine truths down from the mountain. I’m just someone who…
Blog
EJ Communities Map
We are mapping all of the existing, proposed, closed and defeated dirty energy and waste facilities in the US. We are building a network of community groups to fight the facilities and the corporations behind them.
Related Projects
ActionPA
EJnet
Corporations
Race & Class Census Map