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Why Solidarity is Needed More than Ever between Coal, Gas and Incinerator Fighters
– by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network Most progress in stopping polluting energy and waste industries is accomplished by grassroots activism, stopping one project at a time. Many assume that grassroots groups are “NIMBY” types just pushing polluters from one community to another. However, 50% to 95% of each wave of industrial development in recent decades has…
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Letter to EPA Objecting to Loopholes in Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants
[In May 2013, over 500 grassroots activists sent in this sign-on letter to EPA about their inadequate Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants.] Dear EPA Administrator McCarthy: Your proposed CO2 rule for new electric generating units falls short in several ways and must be strengthened so that it does not worsen global warming and…
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Biomass and Gas Incinerator Proposed for Vermont Yankee Nuke Site
– by Mike Faher, June 3, 2014, Brattleboro Reformer Selectboard members are touting the potential benefits of new biomass power plant — with the possibility of a natural-gas component — that could be built at the Vermont Yankee site after the nuclear facility shuts. Officials expect to organize a public forum to discuss the deetails of…
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