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What the Frack? Scraping the Bottom of the Oil Barrel is Not Good to the Last Drop
– by Mark Robinowitz, PeakChoice.org The toxic impacts of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas have been subject to public debates, protests, and lawsuits, among other tactics to stop these dangers. But the other half of…
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Albany, Georgia Biomass Project Takes Step Toward Reality
– by Dave Miller, September 4, 2014, WALB News The Albany-Dougherty Payroll Development Authority has given the go-ahead for its part in the proposed new biomass generator in conjunction with Procter&Gamble in Albany. We reported Tuesday…
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Albany, Georgia Biomass Project Takes Step Toward Reality
– by Dave Miller, September 4, 2014, WALB News The Albany-Dougherty Payroll Development Authority has given the go-ahead for its part in the proposed new biomass generator in conjunction with Procter&Gamble in Albany. We reported Tuesday…
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Public Opposition Spurs County to Delay New Biomass Facility
[Interesting piece by industry PR person in regards to dealing with public opposition to dirty energy projects. -Ed.] – by Al Maiorino, September 2, 2014, Renewable Energy Magazine Transylvania County in North Carolina is currently engaged…
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Hawaii’s Only Coal-fired Power Plant May Switch to Biomass
– by Duane Shimgawa, August 28, 2014, Pacific Business News The only coal-fired power plant in Hawaii, which is the single largest generating plant on Oahu, is under financial stress because there is no financial…
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Amid Oil and Gas Boom, Colorado Continues Role as Earthquake Lab
– by Kevin Simpson, August 31, 2014, The Denver Post From the living room chair where he sat reading around half past 9 on a May evening, Ron Baker heard the boom and felt his…
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Marcellus Shale Drillers Under-Reported Waste
– by Anya Litvak and Maxwell Radwin, August 31, 2014, The Post-Gazette EQT Corp. told the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection that it sent 21 tons of drill cuttings from its Marcellus Shale wells to area landfills in 2013.…
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Proposed Washington Biomass Incinerator Nets $200k State Grant
[Another biomass incinerator that would require the logging of public lands. -Ed.] – by Eric Florip, August 27, 2014, The Columbian A $200,000 state grant will support a new biomass-fueled power plant near Stevenson expected to…
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Stalled Springfield, MA Biomass Incinerator Gets Building Permit
– by Michaelann Bewsee, August 21, 2014, Arise for Social Justice Funny how bad news can make you want to fight even harder for justice. Remember the community’s fight to keep a biomass plant out of…
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Tennessee Biomass Incinerator Shut Down For Costs, Safety
– by Frank Munger, August 24, 2014, Knoxville News Sentinel Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Biomass Steam Plant, heralded as a money saver and friend to the environment, failed to live up to its hype operationally, and the U.S.…
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