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Speak Up On “National Bioenergy Truth Day” – Thursday, October 17
Speak Up On “National Bioenergy Truth Day” – Thursday, October 17 Please take 5 minutes of your time on Thursday, October 17 to make phone calls to select members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (listed below with talking points) to voice your opposition to the latest piece of legislation that would…
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Wood Pellet Facility Threatens Southern Forests
New Maps Reveal Enviva’s Ahoskie Wood Pellet Facility Threatens Southern Wetland Forests, Surrounding Ecosystems and Wildlife – August 27, 2013. Source: Dogwood Alliance AHOSKIE, N.C. (August 27, 2013) – New maps and a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Dogwood Alliance reveal the ecological threat a major wood pellet manufacturing mill in…
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Wood Pellet Facility Creates Dust Issue
Wood Pellet Facility Creates Dust Issue – by Linda Russell, September 3, 2013. Source: KY3 SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Growing production at a pellet plant in Aurora means more jobs. But people who live nearby say it also means a lot more sawdust, so much that it’s hurting air quality there. MFA Oil Biomass opened the production facility on…
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Wood Pellet Facility Creates Dust Issue
Wood Pellet Facility Creates Dust Issue – by Linda Russell, September 3, 2013. Source: KY3 SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Growing production at a pellet plant in Aurora means more jobs. But people who live nearby say it also means a lot more sawdust, so much that it’s hurting air quality there. MFA Oil Biomass opened the production facility on…
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European Biofuels Vote Delivers ‘Desperately Weak Compromise’
European Biofuels Vote Delivers ‘Desperately Weak Compromise’ – by Karl Mathiesen, September 11, 2013. Source: The Guardian The European parliament has delivered a “desperately weak compromise” on the future of biofuels in Europe that industry says will “curtail jobs and investment”. In a tight vote on the use of biofuels in transport fuel, the parliament approved a 6% cap on the…
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Biofuels Project Pushing Thousands of People into Hunger in Africa
Biofuels Project Pushing Thousands of People into Hunger in Africa – September 4, 2013. Source: ActionAid A biofuels project praised by the European Commission as environmentally and socially responsible is pushing thousands of people into poverty in one of the poorest countries in the world, a new ActionAid report said today. The report comes as MEPs prepare to…
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Florida Forest Service Report on Forest Sustainability Challenged
Florida Forest Service Report on Forest Sustainability Challenged – by Bruce Ritchie, September 6, 2013. Source: The Florida Current A Florida Forest Service report required by 2012 legislation found that the state’s forests overall are sustainable but there are some counties where some types of trees are being harvested faster than they are being grown. The report was required…
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Dirty Air for Power We Don’t Need
Dirty Air for Power We Don’t Need – by Dick Stokes, September 19, 2013. Source: Gainesville-Sun The “big lie” method involves making a claim so preposterous people assume it must be true. Gainesville Regional Utilities made the preposterous claim that the air will be cleaner after the biomass incinerator (the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center) starts burning tons…
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Doctor Talks Incineration
Doctor Talks Incineration – by Mitchell Kirk, September 25, 2013. Source: Pharos-Tribune More than 50 people came out for a presentation Tuesday at Logansport Memorial Hospital about how incineration plants can affect health. The event was organized by Citizens’ Alliance for Responsible Energy, or CARE, a group of citizens who oppose the proposed power plant project in…
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Biomass Energy Never Carbon Neutral
Biomass Energy Never Carbon Neutral -by Karen Orr, Energy Justice Network Biomass energy is not carbon neutral and never will be. For years scientific studies have shown that biomass energy isn’t carbon neutral in any useful time frame. A 2012 study from Norway demonstrates that logging forests for bio-energy leads to a permanent increase in atmospheric carbon…
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