Category: Blog entry
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UK Biomass Project Halted, Developer Blames “erosion of support” for Biomass
UK biomass project halted, developer blames “erosion of support” for biomass – by Nina Chestney, March 7, 2014. Source: Reuters Renewable energy developer RES has stopped a 300-million-pound ($500 million) project to build a biomass plant in Northumberland, northeast England, due to what it called inconsistent government subsidies. The 100-megawatt (MW) plant was scheduled to be…
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Fanning the Northeastern Biomass Flame
[The biomass industry is teaming up with environmentalists to increase the amount of forests burned for polluting energy in the Great North Woods.] Fanning the Northeastern Biomass Flame – by Joseph Seymour, March 11, 2014. Source: Biomass Magazine Migrating 1 million homes to biomass heat is optimistic—let alone 6 million—but recent developments in the northeastern U.S.…
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UK Biomass Project Halted, Developer Blames “erosion of support” for Biomass
UK biomass project halted, developer blames “erosion of support” for biomass – by Nina Chestney, March 7, 2014. Source: Reuters Renewable energy developer RES has stopped a 300-million-pound ($500 million) project to build a biomass plant in Northumberland, northeast England, due to what it called inconsistent government subsidies. The 100-megawatt (MW) plant was scheduled to be…
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Maryland Seeking to Becomes the Nation’s Burn-Capitol
Maryland’s state legislators are at it for a four year in a row, pushing bills that would increase trash and biomass incineration in their state and region. In 2011, the state became the first, and only, to put trash burning in competition with wind power in its renewable energy mandate. Now, over half of the energy used to meet…
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VICTORY: Hazardous Waste Incinerator Defeated in Bucks County, PA
A politically-connected new company hoped to sneak an application through during the holidays for a 60 ton/day hazardous waste incinerator in Bristol Township, near Philadelphia, PA. Once word got out late last year, political opposition grew fast and furious. People packed local government meetings to overflowing. Energy Justice director, Mike Ewall, who grew up in the adjacent township,…
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Methane’s Global Warming Potential makes Gas worse than Coal for Climate
We just updated our page on natural gas with links to the latest studies showing that methane is far more potent for global warming than EPA considers it. Next time you’re hearing how much natural gas is a transition fuel or that it’s better than coal — or that landfill gas should be burned for energy (which releases more methane than…
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New Law Will Make Biomass Heating Cheaper in Massachusetts
– by Shira Schoenberg, December 1, 2014, Mass Live A new law that goes into effect in January will make it cheaper to use renewable energy to heat a home – and could provide a boost to the wood industry in rural parts of Western Massachusetts. “This is going to help (renewable) technologies compete with and…
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Commercial Use of Wood Energy is Heating Up
– by Michael Mccord, November 26, 2014, New Hampshire Business Review New Hampshire’s recently released 10-year energy strategy acknowledged an ongoing fact of life for the state’s commercial and residential sectors: New Hampshire imports 100 percent of its fossil fuels and natural gas. According to the NH Wood Energy Council, New Hampshire pays more than $1…
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VICTORY: Environmental Justice and Zero Waste Win over Increased Trash Burning in Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis residents have just stopped the planned expansion of the trash incinerator in their city, and have set their county on the path to zero waste! The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC), is capable of burning 1,212 tons of trash a day, but has been limited by permits to burning 1,000 tons/day. The county has been seeking to…
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Tire Burner Stopped in White Deer, PA!
First major victory of the year… a community we’ve been supporting since October 2011 to stop a planned tire incinerator just won! In White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, En-Tire Logistics proposed the White Deer Energy Project, which would have burned tires to power the National Gypsum plant next door. The company pulled out of the project, withdrawing…
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