Category: Blog entry
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Environmentalists Press Detroit to Stop Trash Incineration
Environmentalists Press Detroit to Stop Trash Incineration – by Jim Lynch, November 20, 2013, Source: The Detroit News The city’s new solid-waste disposal contract represents an open door to local environmentalists, and some are trying to push the city for further action. Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr’s office law week said the city selected a pair of firms…
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Yet Another Fire at Wood Pellet Facility
Fire Damages Ernst Biomass Pellet Plant November 11, 2013, Source: Bioenergy Insight Ernst Biomass’ pellet plant in New Jersey, US has been damaged after a fire broke out on 9 November. The incident is reported to have caused $50,000 (€37,330) worth of damage to equipment such as the facility’s conveyor system. Nobody was injured but production at…
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Forests Could Face Threat from Biomass Power “Gold Rush”
Forests Could Face Threat from Biomass Power “Gold Rush” – by Jamie Doward, The Observer Britain’s new generation of biomass power stations will have to source millions of tonnes of wood from thousands of miles away if they are to operate near to their full capacity, raising questions about the claims made for the sustainability of…
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Outsourcing Forests Costs Thousands of Jobs
Outsourcing Forests Costs Thousands of Jobs – by Roy Keene Log and chip exports, constituting a third of Oregon’s annual timber harvest, are outsourcing over a billion board feet of wood and thousands of domestic manufacturing jobs. Yet Barnum fails to even mention exports, let alone account for the losses. As director of the Oregon…
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Was Ethanol Ever the Answer?
Q: What can cool the ethanol market? A: The EPA Published: Monday, 18 Nov 2013 | 1:06 PM ET By: Javier E. David Getty Images Thanks to the intervention of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the torrid market for ethanol credits—a linchpin of efforts to inject more corn-based fuel into the U.S. gasoline supply—may finally be…
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AUDIO: “Biomass Incinerator Noise” ANTI-BIOMASS INCINERATION CAMPAIGN CALL (November 2013)
Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign – National Conference Call Thursday, November 14, 2013 TOPIC: “Biomass Incinerator Noise” RECORDING: Biomass Incinerator Noise – November 2013 We discuss the unfortunate health and economic impacts of noise from biomass incinerators and how residents can respond, with a focus on the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC) biomass incinerator in Florida. Guest speakers:…
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Too Much Traffic!
By Robert Bowman Forbes November 18, 2013 The nation’s network of highways, roads and bridges isn’t equipped to handle the huge growth in traffic that’s expected in coming years, said Bill Logue, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Freight. Speaking in Houston at the annual conference of the National Industrial Transportation League, Logue said the U.S.…
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Typhoons, Climate Negotiations and a Reality Check
Typhoons, Climate Negotiations and a Reality Check – by Rachel Smolker, Biofuelwatch The latest round of climate negotiations are opening just as we are hearing the stories and viewing images on the news coverage of the devastation wrought on the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan (aka Yolanda). Coincidentally, the last round of climate negotiations, COP 18…
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False Solutions for Forests: Biomass Energy, Sustainable Timber, and Carbon Markets
False Solutions for Forests: Biomass Energy, Sustainable Timber, and Carbon Markets – by Jeff Conant, Friends of the Earth In the landscape of global deforestation, a tension exists between policies and practices aimed at drawing a sharp halt to the exploitation of forests and forest peoples and those designed to stimulate a vaguely promised market shift…
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Environmental Greats Debate Nuclear Power
By Rod Adams, November 12, 2013 The energy Collective During the promotional period leading up to CNN’s initial airing of Pandora’s Promise, Michael Brune, executive direction of the Sierra Club, and Robert Stone, the director of Pandora’s Promise, engaged in a meaningful discussion about nuclear energy hosted by Kate Bolduan. During the discussion, Brune explains that…
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