Category: Blog entry
-
Is Cellulosic Ethanol All it’s Cracked Up to Be?
– by Edward Dodge, December 10, 2014, Breaking Energy The EPA has long promoted cellulosic ethanol as the future of biofuels, but technical challenges have kept production far below targets. A recent rule change allows RNG, renewable natural gas, to qualify as cellulosic biofuel even though RNG is not cellulosic, but this helps EPA appear to be meeting their…
-
Florida Waste Company Seeks to Close Incinerator, Transfer Trash
– by Brittany Wallman, December 9, 2014, Sun Sentinel Neighbors of the “Mount Trashmore” landfill in northern Broward descended on County Hall Tuesday, worried about plans to close a trash-burning incinerator in the region. Hundreds piled into County Commission chambers, some having arrived on a bus from the Wynmoor Village senior condo coummunity in Coconut Creek.…
-
50-Megawatt Biomass Incinerator Completed in Woodville, Texas
– October 28, 2014, HartfordBusiness.com Glastonbury construction firm Gemma Power Systems has completed the 49.9 megawatt construction of a biomass plant in Woodville, Texas, three months ahead of schedule. The plant to be run by the East Texas Electric Cooperative will operate on chipped forest waste. Construction of the facility began in 2012. Financial terms were…
-
34-Megawatt Biomass Incinerator Proposed for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
– by Andy Balaskovitz, November 10, 2014, Midwest Energy News Developers from metro Detroit have plans to build a $100 million, 34 MW biomass plant in the central Upper Peninsula, about 20 miles south of an aging coal plant that is the ongoing focus of the region’s energy crisis. The company building the plant, Marquette Green Energy LLC, says…
-
October/November issue of Energy Justice Now | Where the Climate March Tripped Up
Take a deep breath and prepare yourself for the October / November issue of Energy Justice Now, a forum for the dirty energy resistance. Fossil Fuel Divestment – Fossil Fuel Divestment: How to Evolve the Campaign – Are Carbon Taxes Another False Solution? – Biomass Energy: Another Kind of Climate Change Denial …and more! Please share the October /…
-
UMaine to Study “Trashanol” Effect in Maine
– by Grady Trimble, October 24, 2014, WLBZ A team of University of Maine researchers are gearing up to study the possibility of bringing new technology called “Trashanol” to Maine. “Trashanol” is a waste-to-energy technology developed by Maryland-based company Fiberight. Basically, it is a process that converts household waste into fuel. The technology is sparking interest…
-
Lockheed Martin Inks Agreement with Waste-of-Energy Firm
– by Eric Reinhardt, October 13, 2014, Business Journal News Network OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) has signed a manufacturing agreement with Concord Blue Energy, Inc. to provide all manufacturing support for the firm’s reformertechnology. That technology converts waste to energy using advanced conversion technology. Lockheed Martin is now the “exclusive manufacturing provider”…
-
Biomass Investigative Review Will Begin Soon in Gainesville, FL
– October 16, 2014, WCJB It’s official – an investigative review into decisions made between GRU and GREC officials will soon begin. City officials voted to approve the contract to begin the review that will question decisions made relating to the biomass plant. The city will be shelling out close to $190,000 for the review. Additional…
-
$91 Million Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Louisiana Biofuel Plant
– Cole Avery, October 3, 2014, The Times-Picayune Tom Vilsack, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced a $91 million loan guarantee from the federal government to help build a biomass fuel plant in Louisiana. Vilsack traveled to Baton Rouge on Friday to make the announcement. He said the plant could have a “profound…
-
Lakeview Biofuel Plant Proposal Raises Air Quality Concerns
– September 25, 2014, Oregon Public Broadcasting A project proposed in Lakeview, Oregon, would turn woody biomass from logging into biofuels for Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Navy and Marines. The biofuel would have fewer greenhouse gas emissions than traditional jet fuel and diesel, but some worry the project might add to existing air quality problems in…
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