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Public Lands, Dirty Energy
– by Josh Schlossberg, Energy Justice Now Grassroots advocates have done a bang up job alerting the American public to the disturbing health and environmental impacts of the extraction, transportation, and generation of dirty energy (fossil fuels, nuclear power, and biomass/trash incineration). Greenhouse gases, air pollution, and water contamination from energy sources requiring smokestacks or…
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Biomass Lease Terminated by Jasper Clean Energy in Indiana
– by Matthew Crane, April 21, 2014. Source: Dubois County Free Press Dr. Norma Kreilein, her husband, Mike, Alec Kalla and Rock Emmert were all in session during the Jasper Utility Service Board (USB) meeting Monday night — the eve of Earth Day — when it was announced that Jasper Clean Energy would be terminating the lease…
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Are Climate Claims for Burning Renewable Trees a Smokescreen?
– by Robert McClure, April 21, 2014. Source: The Tyee/Investigate West Nestled into a seaside forest on the University of British Columbia’s lands, amid a carpet of sword ferns and salal, sits a gleaming industrial facility that’s been hailed as a significant step toward a carbon-neutral future for B.C., Canada and even the world. The wood-gas…
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