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$181,000 Fine for Ethanol Air Pollution in Albany, NY
– by Brian Nearing, December 12, 2014, Times Union An oil terminal operator at the Port of Albany has been hit with a $181,000 penalty by the state Department of Environmental Conservation for air pollution violations that lasted…
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Covanta Settles for $536,211 in Lawsuit Over Biomass Ash Testing
-December 11, 2014, Bakersfield Californian District attorneys from eight California counties announced Thursday the settlement of a civil environmental enforcement action against three subsidiaries of a New Jersey-based company. The settlement covers Covanta Energy LLC’s Kern…
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New Factsheet on Energy Justice Communities Map and Justice Map
I have created a new flyer for Energy Justice Communities Map, Justice Map, and the Spatial Justice Test for Race and Income. Feel free to use this flyer at any event (like a conference, protest, workshop, class,…
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So-Called Conservation Groups Betray Environmental Movement
– by Howie Wolke, December 11, 2014, Wilderness Watch My name is Howie Wolke and I live in the foothills of the Gallatin Range in southern Montana just north of Yellowstone National Park, about a mile…
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Tampa Man Sentenced for $3 Million Biofuels Fraud
– by Susan Salisbury, December 9, 2014, Palm Beach Post A Tampa man was sentenced today on charges he scammed investors out of more than $3 million after promising returns on bio-energy crops such as…
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Windfarms More Efficient than Biofuels?
– by Aidan Harrison, December 5, 2014, Northumberland Gazette Its obsession with ‘markets’ has already placed our railways and utilities in the hands of big foreign state and corporate-owned monopolies. The first thing to make clear…
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December issue of Energy Justice Now | Celebrating 16 Victories for Clean Air in 2014!
Never fear, the December issue of Energy Justice Now — the national forum for the Dirty Energy Resistance — is here! energyjustice.net Inside this issue: Celebrating 16 Victories for Clean Air in 2014! – 16 Victories for Clean Air – From…
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Incinerator in Frederick, MD Canceled After Decade-Long Fight
– by Patrice Gallagher, No Incinerator Alliance On November 20, 2014, Frederick County, Maryland’s Board of County Commissioners cancelled plans to build a 1500 ton-per-day waste-to-energy incinerator, ending a 10 year citizens’ effort to kill…
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From Shock to Victory: The Planet’s “Immune System” at Work
– by Jan Baty, Newark Residents Against the Power Plant As I saw Alex Lotorto (campus and community organizer for Energy Justice Network) step out of his car, unloading materials for the meeting he was…
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Ethanol Spill in Greensboro, North Carolina
– December 8, 2014, Biofuels International Firefighters in Greensboro, North Carolina, responded to a leaking tanker at a Ryder truck rental facility. Approximately 2,000 gallons of ethanol spilled in an accident in south Greensboro North Carolina.…
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