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  • Gypsum, CO Biomass Incinerator Still Off-Line After December Fire

    - by Scott Miller, March 22, 2015, Post Inde­pen­dent A plant that gen­er­ates elec­tric­i­ty by burn­ing bee­tle-killed wood had only been oper­at­ing for a few months when a Decem­ber fire bad­ly dam­aged the facility’s con­vey­or sys­tem. The plant has been closed since, and will prob­a­bly remain closed until summer. The plant, built by Pro­vo, Utah-based Eagle…

  • 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 bio­mass pow­er plant pro­posed by Sier­ra Pacif­ic Indus­tries in Ander­son, Calif. The chal­lenge, filed direct­ly in the 9th Cir­cuit U.S.…

  • EPA: Carbon Rules Could Ensure Nuclear Power’s Survival

    [Anoth­er rea­son why the dirty ener­gy resis­tance needs to band togeth­er. ‑Josh] - by Julie Wer­nau, June 18, 2014, Chica­go Tribune Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency Admin­is­tra­tor Gina McCarthy said Tues­day that the fed­er­al agen­cy’s pro­posed car­bon rules are designed to boost nuclear plants that are strug­gling to compete. “There are a hand­ful of nuclear facil­i­ties that because…

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