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City of Allentown, PA Terminates Contract for Waste Incinerator
– by Allentown Residents for Clean Air, September 30, 2014, Stop the Burn The City of Allentown is pulling out of the contract with Delta Thermo Energy. This news surely spells the death of the experimental…
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Bioenergy Capacity Continues to Increase
– by Erin Voegele, September 26, 2014, Biomass Magazine The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the September issue of its Electric Power Monthly report, indicating total in-service bioenergy capacity equaled 13,431.4 MW as of the…
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20 Years, Yet EPA Still Fails to Protect Us From Polluting Incinerators
– by Phillip Ellis and Neil Gormley, October 4, 2014, Huffington Post Joe Poole Lake is a popular destination for Dallas and Fort Worth residents looking for a weekend escape to the great outdoors. Lined…
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Oregon Site Selected for Biofuel Plant
– by Eric Mortenson, September 19, 2014, Capital Press Red Rock Biofuels, a subsidiary of IR1 Group of Fort Collins, Colo., will use forest biomass — debris from logging or thinning operations — to produce fuel.…
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Thanks to NY Biomass Incinerator, Firewood More Difficult to Find
– by Pete Creedon, October 6, 2014, Watertown Daily Times Always nice to see a company come in an offer jobs and other things that will benefit the area it serves (“ReEnergy wins huge contract at…
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Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Set to Drive Biomass Demand
– by David Appleyard, September 3, 2014, Cogeneration and Onsite Power Production New analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) forecasts combined heat and power (CHP) and industrial heat demand are set to drive global bioenergy consumption over the…
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Louisiana Biorefineries Getting $161 Million Taxpayer Handout
– Ted Griggs, October 4, 2014, The Advocate Two bioenergy companies are getting a combined $161 million in federal loan guarantees or contracts that will help them develop biofuel refineries in Plaquemine and Alexandria. Cool Planet Energy…
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Composting vs. Waste-to-Energy: The Politics Of Green Waste
– by Stephen Handley, October 3, 2014, Sustainablog In Tulsa, Oklahoma, green waste is very much on the political agenda. According to Tulsa World, the city’s trash board voted this week to pursue a plan to collect…
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Bulgarians Blockade Road to Protest Proposed Biomass Incinerator
– September 22, 2014, Novinite.com Residents of the southern Bulgarian city of Smolyan have staged a brief road block to oppose plans to build a biomass-fired thermal power plant. Residents of the Ustovo district of Smolyan blocked traffic along the Smolyan –…
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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 polices, including those endorsed by forest collaboratives, I am certain there would be more opposition to…
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