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OBITUARY FOR DR. JUDITH H. JOHNSRUD July 1, 1931 – March 9, 2014 Judith H. Johnsrud of State College, PA, a highly-respected hero to opponents of nuclear energy in the United States and around the world, was born July 1, 1931, and grew up in Hammond, Indiana.  As a teenager Judy, as she was known…

By Karen Uhlenhuth December 18, 2013 Midwest Energy News Iowa is well established as a national leader in wind energy and biofuels. And now the state is poised for serious growth in solar as well. “The market is exploding in Iowa,” says Tim Dwight, a former Iowa Hawkeye and NFL star who has become one of his…

The following data is from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 eGRID database, which has data for all electric generating plants in the U.S.  Our copy of this data, organized to produce the charts below, is available here. [Note that, while this data makes natural gas look clean, it’s only looking at smokestack emissions.  Natural…

By Ralph Cavanagh November 26th, 2013 Switchboard NRDC Blog In the global competition for appealing clean energy solutions, a leading entry is the new West Village at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis), which today celebrated significant progress toward its goal of becoming the largest planned “zero-net energy” community in the United States.…

We want grassroots activists and other Energy Justice supporters to blog on our website. First you can email Aaron to apply to get an account.  Let us know who you are, any groups you are involved in, and what topics you might write about.  Aaron will review the application to make sure you aren’t a…

Biofuel investments at seven-year low July 8, 2013. Source: Bloomberg Europe’s biggest oil companies are scaling back work on the next generation of biofuels, a setback for the effort to create a gasoline substitute that doesn’t drain the food supply.  BP Plc (BP/) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) Group Plc have halted funds for four separate ventures…

Biomass Plans Withdrawn for Isle of Wight – by Ross Findon, July 9, 2013. Source: Isle of Wight County Press The surprise decision by Real Ventures was announced this morning (Tuesday) just hours before the Isle of Wight Council was due to consider an application by the company to extend its preferred bidder status for a former…

Biomass Incinerator Proposed for Vidalia, Louisiana July 12, 2013. Source: The Advocate  Hinterland LLC is planning a $100 million-plus, 50-job biomass facility in the 130-acre Vidalia Industrial Park. “We are excited to announce and welcome Hinterland LLC as our newest resident in the Vidalia Industrial Park,” said Vidalia Mayor Hyram Copeland said in a news release.…

– by Mike Ewall What does an incinerator industry do when they can’t compete?  Change the rules.  Biomass and trash incinerators are the most expensive way to make energy, and trash incineration costs more than directly landfilling the waste.  These industries survive to the extent that they can change the rules to get monopoly waste contracts, become ‘renewable’ energy…