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Creditors Given OK to Foreclose on WA Biofuel Facility
– by Kristi Pihl, August 23, 2014, Tri City Herald Some of Green Power’s Tri-City creditors have received the green light to foreclose on the troubled biofuel company’s unfinished Pasco plant. Franklin County Superior Court Judge…
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California Lawsuit Seeks Pollution Cuts From Massive Tree-burning Power Plant
– by Kevin Bundy, August 22, 2014, Center for Biological Diversity The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging a Clean Air Act permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency for a massive, 31-megawatt…
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Berlin, NH Biomass Incinerator Operational, But At What Cost To Ratepayers?
– by Chris Jensen, August 21, 2014, New Hampshire Public Radio A new biomass plant in Berlin is finally producing electricity for Public Service of New Hampshire under a controversial 20-year contract that a report…
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Oregon Group Files Civil Rights Complaint Over Biomass Air Pollution
– by Lisa Arkin, August 6, 2014, Beyond Toxics On August 6, Beyond Toxics filed a civil rights and environmental justice complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging the Lane County Regional Air Protection…
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Springfield, MA Biomass Incinerator Permit Reinstated
– by Suzanne McLaughlin, August 20, 2014, MassLive Massachusetts Land Court has granted Palmer Renewable Energy’s request to reinstate its building permit for a biomass wood-burning plant in East Springfield, undoing the Springfield Zoning Board of…
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Beetle-Kill Fuels Bioenergy
– by Kelly Hatton, July 17, 2014, Western Confluence On a morning in early March, I ride with Cody Neff, owner of West Range Reclamation (WRR), in his truck from Frisco, Colorado, to the company’s nearby…
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From Beetle Kill to Biomass
[More industry propaganda than a news article, but it demonstrates the biomass industry’s lust for National Forests to feed their dirty incinerators. -Ed.] – by Ruth Heide, July 22, 2014, Valley Courier There’s a different kind…
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Tulsa, OK Chooses Incineration Over Composting
– by Jarrel Wade, August 6, 2014, Tulsa World Trash board members voted Tuesday to begin the process of seeking bids for contractors to pick up curbside green waste and take it to the city’s burn…
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Covanta Incineration Deal Discourages Rival Recycling Programs
– Kathleen McLaughlin, August 4, 2014, Indianapolis Business Journal The city of Indianapolis faces financial penalties if it launches alternative recycling programs, under a pending deal with incinerator operator Covanta. The Indianapolis Board of Public Works…
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