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Biofuels Company Granted $4M from DOE after Hosting Obama at Fundraiser
Green company granted $4M from DOE after financier hosts Obama at DSCC fundraiser – by Lachlan Markay, September 20, 2013. Source: The Washington Free Beacon [Read “Cellulosic Ethanol: A Bio-Fool’s Errand” to learn more about the biofuels company LanzaTech.] The Department of Energy recently awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a green energy company financed by a major Democratic Party fundraiser…
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(September 2013) ANTI-BIOMASS CAMPAIGN CALL RECORDING & NOTES: “A Pediatrician’s Perspective on Air Pollution and Children”
Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign – National Conference Call Notes Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 3pm EST Topic: “A Pediatrician’s Perspective on Air Pollution and Children” – We discuss the human health impacts of biomass incineration and other forms of industrial air pollution, with a focus on our nation’s most vulnerable population: our children. Guest speaker: Dr. Norma Kreilein,…
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Biomass Industry Fans Flames of Wildfire Hysteria
Biomass Industry Fans Flames of Wildfire Hysteria California’s Rim fire, expected to be fully “contained” by October after igniting in Yosemite National Park on August 17, will ultimately benefit the forests it has passed through. While media accounts sensationalize such large wildfires as “catastrophic” and “disastrous,” science demonstrates that, to the contrary, fire is a vital component of…
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Wildland-Urban Fire—A Different Approach
Wildland-Urban Fire–A Different Approach – by Jack D. Cohen, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service Wildland-urban fire occurs when a fire burning in wildland vegetation fuels gets close enough with its flames and/or firebrands (lofted burning embers) to potentially create ignitions of the residential fuels (Butler 1974). Residential fire destruction is the principal problem during wildland-urban fires,…
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Wind Drives All Large Blazes
Wind Drives All Large Blazes – by George Wuerthner As large fires have spread across the West in recent decades, we hear increasing demands to reduce fuels—typically through logging. But logging won’t reduce the large fires we are experiencing because fuels do not drive large fires. You can have tons of fuel per acre as…
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The Ecological Importance of California’s Rim Fire
The Ecological Importance of California’s Rim Fire – by Chad Hanson, John Muir Project Photo: Doug Bevington Since the Rim fire began in the central Sierra Nevada on August 17, there has been a steady stream of fearful, hyperbolic, and misinformed reporting in much of the media. The fire, which is currently 188,000 acres in size and covers…
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USDA to Expand Taxpayer Handouts to Biomass Industry
USDA Announces Initiative to Expand U.S. Wood-to-Energy Efforts – by Sue Retka Schill, September 13, 2013. Source: Biomass Magazine The USDA announced a partnership agreement to expand wood energy use, which will help improve the safety and health of U.S. forests. The new partnerships include USDA, the Alliance for Green Heat, the Biomass Power Association, the Biomass…
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Biomass Developer Eyes Louisiana for Three New Biofuel Refineries
Biomass Developer Eyes Louisiana for Three New Biofuel Refineries August 27, 2013, Source: BioEnergy News Cool Planet Energy Systems, a producer of petrol from non-food biomass, is to build three biomass-to-biofuel production plants in the US state of Louisiana for an investment of $168 million (€125.9 million). Two sites – one in Alexandria and another in Natchitoches…
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Biomass Health Care Costs
Biomass Health Care Costs – by Dick Stokes, August 16, 2013. Source: Gainesville Sun Physicians warned Gainesville officials for years about the increased health risks and health-care costs from biomass-burning emissions. There’s nothing green, clean or healthy about hauling over 22 counties’ worth of wood on diesel-belching trucks every day to burn in our backyard. Dioxins, fine…
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Waste-to-Energy Incinerator License Revoked in Scotland
Waste-to-Energy Incinerator License Revoked in Scotland – August 27, 2013. Source: BBC News The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) is revoking the operating licence of an energy-from-waste plant on the outskirts of Dumfries. The notice was issued to Scotgen (Dumfries) Ltd on Friday and comes into effect on 23 September. The £20m plant was the site of…
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