Fighting for Clean Energy and Zero Waste
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EPA Bans Most Wood-Burning Stoves
EPA Bans Most Wood-Burning Stoves – by Tara Dodrill, October 2, 2013, Source: Off the Grid News Wood-burning stoves offer warmth and enhance off-grid living options during cold weather months, but the tried-and-true heating devices now are…
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Concerns Raised About Vermont Biomass Incinerator Traffic
Concerns Raised About Vermont Biomass Incinerator Traffic November 13, 2013, Source: AP A hearing officer for Vermont’s utility regulating Public Service Board has recommended that a state certificate of public good not be granted to a proposed…
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Environmentalists Press Detroit to Stop Trash Incineration
Environmentalists Press Detroit to Stop Trash Incineration – by Jim Lynch, November 20, 2013, Source: The Detroit News The city’s new solid-waste disposal contract represents an open door to local environmentalists, and some are trying to push…
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Yet Another Fire at Wood Pellet Facility
Fire Damages Ernst Biomass Pellet Plant November 11, 2013, Source: Bioenergy Insight Ernst Biomass’ pellet plant in New Jersey, US has been damaged after a fire broke out on 9 November. The incident is reported to have…
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One Woman’s Fight to Clean Up Nuclear Waste
Waste Land: One Town’s Atomic Legacy: A $500 Million CleanupQuarter-Century Crusade to Force Government Cleanup of Radioactive Contamination By John R. EmshwillerNov. 21, 2013 11:22 p.m. ET APOLLO, Pa.—For Patty Ameno, it is a Kodak…
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Forests Could Face Threat from Biomass Power “Gold Rush”
Forests Could Face Threat from Biomass Power “Gold Rush” – by Jamie Doward, The Observer Britain’s new generation of biomass power stations will have to source millions of tonnes of wood from thousands of miles away…
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Outsourcing Forests Costs Thousands of Jobs
Outsourcing Forests Costs Thousands of Jobs – by Roy Keene Log and chip exports, constituting a third of Oregon’s annual timber harvest, are outsourcing over a billion board feet of wood and thousands of domestic…
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Was Ethanol Ever the Answer?
Q: What can cool the ethanol market? A: The EPA Published: Monday, 18 Nov 2013 | 1:06 PM ET By: Javier E. David Getty Images Thanks to the intervention of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the…
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AUDIO: “Biomass Incinerator Noise” ANTI-BIOMASS INCINERATION CAMPAIGN CALL (November 2013)
Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign – National Conference Call Thursday, November 14, 2013 TOPIC: “Biomass Incinerator Noise” RECORDING: Biomass Incinerator Noise – November 2013 We discuss the unfortunate health and economic impacts of noise from biomass incinerators and…
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Too Much Traffic!
By Robert Bowman Forbes November 18, 2013 The nation’s network of highways, roads and bridges isn’t equipped to handle the huge growth in traffic that’s expected in coming years, said Bill Logue, president and chief…
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