Tag: forests
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Nippon Temporarily Shut Down Because of Biomass Fuel Problems at Power Plant
– by Paul Gottlieb, February 27, 2014. Source: Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — Fuel-system problems with Nippon Paper Industries USA’s newly expanded biomass cogeneration plant have caused a two-week shutdown of the mill, according to a union official. Darrel Reetz, vice president of the Association of Western Pulp & Paper Workers Local 155, said Thursday…
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Whole Trees 90% of Rothschild, WI Biomass Incinerator Fuel
– by Kevin Murphy, February 26, 2014. Source: Wasau Daily Herald wausaudailyherald The recently built power plant at Domtar paper mill is getting only 10 percent of its fuel from logging waste, which originally was supposed to supply nearly all of the plant’s energy needs. The 50-megawatt, $255 million power plant went online in November to provide steam for Domtar’s…
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Group Descries Logging in Northampton, MA Watershed
– by Rebecca Everett, March 17, 2014. Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette Chris Matera of Northampton said he was driving through Whately to go skiing two weeks ago when he noticed piles of fresh-cut logs at the mouth of a trail into a forest. “I said, ‘Wait, isn’t that the watershed?,’” he recalled recently. Matera, who heads…
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220,000 acres of Colorado’s White River National Forest to be Logged for Biomass Energy
Demand for biomass energy in Colorado will require logging in 220,000 acres of the White River National Forest. -Ed. – by Allen Best, March 6, 2014. Source: Mountain Town News For most of the last decade, Coloradans have been talking about how to make good use of their mountain forests, dying and gray. Something is finally…
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Fanning the Northeastern Biomass Flame
[The biomass industry is teaming up with environmentalists to increase the amount of forests burned for polluting energy in the Great North Woods.] Fanning the Northeastern Biomass Flame – by Joseph Seymour, March 11, 2014. Source: Biomass Magazine Migrating 1 million homes to biomass heat is optimistic—let alone 6 million—but recent developments in the northeastern U.S.…
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West Coast Wood Exports Undercut Economy and Environment
West Coast Wood Exports Undercut Economy and Environment – by Samantha Chirillo, Energy Justice Network Since the European Union (EU) countries set high carbon reduction standards and counted biomass energy as carbon neutral and renewable, biomass exports from the southeastern U.S. have skyrocketed. Now, as Japan looks for an alternative to nuclear energy, as U.S. corporations…
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AUDIO: “Exporting Our Forests and Economy” ANTI-BIOMASS INCINERATION CAMPAIGN CALL (December 2013)
Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign – National Conference Call Thursday, December 5, 2013 TOPIC: “Exporting Our Forests and Economy” RECORDING: Biomass Incinerator Noise – December 2013 We discuss the economic and environmental impacts of shipping logs, wood pellets, and other forest products overseas from the West and East coasts in the U.S. Guest speakers: -Roy Keene, Public Interest…
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Biomass Thermal: The Logs That Break the Forest’s Back
Biomass Thermal: The Logs That Break the Forest’s Back A sector of the biomass incineration industry claims to be turning over a new “green” leaf by building smaller, slightly more energy-efficient facilities focused on heating rather than electricity. Meanwhile, behind the smokescreen, biomass thermal advocates are supporting much of the same forest-raiding, climate-busting, and lung-searing…
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250 Scientists Concerned about Post-fire Logging
250 Scientists Concerned about Post-fire Logging November 4, 2013, Source: Yuba.net In an open letter to the U.S. Congress, 250 scientists request that Congress show restraint in speeding up logging in the wake of this year’s wildfires, most notably the Rim fire in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park. The scientists raised concerns that currently…
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