Category: Blog entry
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I Can’t Breathe: Air Pollution Worse for Communities of Color
– by Brentin Mock, Grist In North Carolina, scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency have found a “stable and negative association” between poor birth outcomes among women and their exposure to air pollution. That’s pretty much common knowledge, if not common sense, no matter what state or country you look at. But the EPA scientists also…
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Proposed Plant to Export Wood Pellets to Asia
– September 25, 2014, Biomass Magazine A proposed pellet plant under development near Mission, British Columbia, aims to produce wood pellets for export into industrial markets in South Korea and other Asian markets. The project is being developed by SMG Wood Pellet Inc., a subsidiary of Vancouver, British Columbia-based SMG Asset. The facility will be branded…
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Stafford Incinerator in Virginia Not “Financially Beneficial”
– by Neil Seldman, August 22, 2014, Institute for Local Self-Reliance The Regional Solid Waste Management Board that oversees the County and City of Fredericksburg landfill will not pursue a garbage and industrial waste incineration-gasification facility. The County received no bid that it considered financially beneficial to the County and City and dropped the project. StopTheStaffordIncinerator.com has…
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City of Allentown, PA Terminates Contract for Waste Incinerator
– by Allentown Residents for Clean Air, September 30, 2014, Stop the Burn The City of Allentown is pulling out of the contract with Delta Thermo Energy. This news surely spells the death of the experimental trash and sewage sludge incinerator that threatens Allentown. HOWEVER, the company’s air and waste permits are still out there. The air permit could be…
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Bioenergy Capacity Continues to Increase
– by Erin Voegele, September 26, 2014, Biomass Magazine The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the September issue of its Electric Power Monthly report, indicating total in-service bioenergy capacity equaled 13,431.4 MW as of the close of July, up from 13,368.4 MW at the close of June. Overall, 313 MW of new bioenergy capacity was…
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20 Years, Yet EPA Still Fails to Protect Us From Polluting Incinerators
– by Phillip Ellis and Neil Gormley, October 4, 2014, Huffington Post Joe Poole Lake is a popular destination for Dallas and Fort Worth residents looking for a weekend escape to the great outdoors. Lined with barbecue grills, hiking trails and sandy beaches, the 7,400-acre lake and its wooden welcome sign invite endless opportunities to…
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Oregon Site Selected for Biofuel Plant
– by Eric Mortenson, September 19, 2014, Capital Press Red Rock Biofuels, a subsidiary of IR1 Group of Fort Collins, Colo., will use forest biomass — debris from logging or thinning operations — to produce fuel. It is one of three firms selected for the project, which is intended to produce a combined total of 100…
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Thanks to NY Biomass Incinerator, Firewood More Difficult to Find
– by Pete Creedon, October 6, 2014, Watertown Daily Times Always nice to see a company come in an offer jobs and other things that will benefit the area it serves (“ReEnergy wins huge contract at Drum,” Sept. 30). The question is, at what cost? The people this will affect in a negative way are a…
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Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Set to Drive Biomass Demand
– by David Appleyard, September 3, 2014, Cogeneration and Onsite Power Production New analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) forecasts combined heat and power (CHP) and industrial heat demand are set to drive global bioenergy consumption over the coming decade and more. According to Global Bioenergy Supply and Demand projections, a working paper for REmap 2030, global biomass demand could…
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Louisiana Biorefineries Getting $161 Million Taxpayer Handout
– Ted Griggs, October 4, 2014, The Advocate Two bioenergy companies are getting a combined $161 million in federal loan guarantees or contracts that will help them develop biofuel refineries in Plaquemine and Alexandria. Cool Planet Energy Systems is getting a $91 million federal loan guarantee to produce renewable biofuel in central Louisiana from trees, forestry waste…
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