Fighting for Clean Energy and Zero Waste
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50-Megawatt Biomass Incinerator Completed in Woodville, Texas
– October 28, 2014, HartfordBusiness.com Glastonbury construction firm Gemma Power Systems has completed the 49.9 megawatt construction of a biomass plant in Woodville, Texas, three months ahead of schedule. The plant to be run by the…
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34-Megawatt Biomass Incinerator Proposed for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
– by Andy Balaskovitz, November 10, 2014, Midwest Energy News Developers from metro Detroit have plans to build a $100 million, 34 MW biomass plant in the central Upper Peninsula, about 20 miles south of an aging…
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October/November issue of Energy Justice Now | Where the Climate March Tripped Up
Take a deep breath and prepare yourself for the October / November issue of Energy Justice Now, a forum for the dirty energy resistance. Fossil Fuel Divestment – Fossil Fuel Divestment: How to Evolve the Campaign – Are…
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UMaine to Study “Trashanol” Effect in Maine
– by Grady Trimble, October 24, 2014, WLBZ A team of University of Maine researchers are gearing up to study the possibility of bringing new technology called “Trashanol” to Maine. “Trashanol” is a waste-to-energy technology developed…
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Lockheed Martin Inks Agreement with Waste-of-Energy Firm
– by Eric Reinhardt, October 13, 2014, Business Journal News Network OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) has signed a manufacturing agreement with Concord Blue Energy, Inc. to provide all manufacturing support for the…
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Biomass Investigative Review Will Begin Soon in Gainesville, FL
– October 16, 2014, WCJB It’s official – an investigative review into decisions made between GRU and GREC officials will soon begin. City officials voted to approve the contract to begin the review that will question…
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$91 Million Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Louisiana Biofuel Plant
– Cole Avery, October 3, 2014, The Times-Picayune Tom Vilsack, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced a $91 million loan guarantee from the federal government to help build a biomass fuel plant in…
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Lakeview Biofuel Plant Proposal Raises Air Quality Concerns
– September 25, 2014, Oregon Public Broadcasting A project proposed in Lakeview, Oregon, would turn woody biomass from logging into biofuels for Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Navy and Marines. The biofuel would have fewer greenhouse gas…
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The Forest Service and Collaboratives Garden Our Forests
– by George Wuerthner, September, 25, 2014, The Wildlife News If the public really understood the illogic behind Forest Service management, including those endorsed by forest collaboratives, I am certain there would be more opposition to…
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Is Biomass All It’s Cut Up to Be?
– by Howard Brown, October 17, 2014, Summit Daily One possible reason for sticking to the ill-advised Ophir Mountain and other clear-cutting plans is that the clear-cut trees would go to the biomass power plant in…
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