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New Contract to Accelerate Use of Biomass in China
– October 13, 2014, Bioenergy News US-based renewable fuels producer BlueFire Renewables has finalised and signed a new master engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its cellulosic ethanol plant in Fulton, Mississippi. The contract is…
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34.5 Megawatt Biomass Project Planned for Japan
– September 16, 2014, New Generation Power New Generation Power International, a leading global renewable energy company, will develop three 11.5 Megawatt (MW) wood biomass plants in Japan. Together, Chicago-based New Generation Power International (NGPI) and…
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Valero’s Indiana Ethanol Plant Damaged After Morning Fire
– October 13, 2014, The Paper of Montgomery County Crews were called to an early morning fire at the Valero ethanol plant in Montgomery County Monday. After 1 a.m., a call came in about a fire…
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Three Injured in Canada Wood Pellet Plant Explosion
– October 14, 2014, Bioenergy Insight An explosion at Pinnacle Renewable Energy’s wood pellet plant in British Columbia injured three and resulted in around 30 employees being evacuated. The incident happened on 9 October after a…
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Fossil Fuel Divestment: How to Evolve the Campaign Beyond its Shortcomings
– by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice NetworkOctober 2014 Sometimes, environmental movement campaigns that become very popular aren’t the ones that are the most strategic. Trying to divert the fossil fuel divestment bandwagon to a better path…
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Biomass Incinerator a Threat to Children
– by Norma Kreilein, MD, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics [The biomass facility proposed for Jasper, Indiana referred to in this letter was canceled this year thanks to the hard work of Dr.…
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Biomass Energy: Another Kind of Climate Change Denial
(Graphic: Indiana Joel) We’re all familiar with climate change deniers, cheerfully and/or willfully ignorant folk who refuse to accept that human-caused carbon emissions are responsible for the climate crisis — or that there even is…
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I Can’t Breathe: Air Pollution Worse for Communities of Color
– by Brentin Mock, Grist In North Carolina, scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency have found a “stable and negative association” between poor birth outcomes among women and their exposure to air pollution. That’s pretty much…
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Proposed Plant to Export Wood Pellets to Asia
– September 25, 2014, Biomass Magazine A proposed pellet plant under development near Mission, British Columbia, aims to produce wood pellets for export into industrial markets in South Korea and other Asian markets. The project is…
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Stafford Incinerator in Virginia Not “Financially Beneficial”
– by Neil Seldman, August 22, 2014, Institute for Local Self-Reliance The Regional Solid Waste Management Board that oversees the County and City of Fredericksburg landfill will not pursue a garbage and industrial waste incineration-gasification facility.…
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