Poultry Power Poops Out in North Carolina [The Biomass Monitor]

On May 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Blog, News, The Biomass Monitor

- by Josh Schlossberg

(Source: Mary Anderson, Courier-Tribune)

A 36 megawatt biomass incinerator that would have burned poultry feces is no longer being considered for Biscoe, North Carolina, to the relief of Montgomery and Moore County residents and grassroots community groups, such as Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL), which opposed the project.

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Florida Trash Incinerator Proposal Bites the Dust [The Biomass Monitor]

On May 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Blog, News, The Biomass Monitor

- by Josh Schlossberg

(Source: Laurie K. Blandford and Anthony Westbury, TC Palm)

A trash incinerator proposal for St. Lucie, Florida has fallen through following a unanimous decision by the St. Lucie County Commissioners to terminate the contract with Georgia-based Geoplasma, citing economic concerns. The 24 megawatt incinerator would’ve incinerated 600 [...]

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THE BIOMASS MONITOR newsletter – May 2012

On May 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Blog, News, The Biomass Monitor (Issues)

THE BIOMASS MONITOR May 2012 [eNewsletter] | [PDF] In this issue: -Gainesville, FL Group Files Lawsuit to Scrap Biomass Power Contract -Florida Medical Doctor: Biomass “Dangerous” to Elderly and Asthmatics -Biomass Politics on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula -Are Enviro Groups Shifting Stances on Biomass Energy? -Obama Drops $35 Million on Biofuels -Bill [...]

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New Report: Biomass Electricity: Clean Energy Subsidies for a Dirty Industry

On February 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In News, Report

Biomass Electricity: Clean Energy Subsidies for a Dirty Industry The case for ending taxpayer and rate-payer subsidies that harm public health, environment, climate, and forest  Download Report: Biomass Electricity Report.pdf

 

  Speakers: Meg Sheehan, attorney, Biomass Accountability Project; William Sammons, M.D., pediatrician with expertise on health and fiscal impacts; Mary Booth, PhD, founder, [...]

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Are Massachusetts’ New Biomass Regulations Strong Enough? [The Biomass Monitor]

On April 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Blog, News, The Biomass Monitor

- by Josh Schlossberg, The Biomass Monitor

Apr. 27, 2012: The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources finally released its long awaited and much delayed biomass regulations, garnering both cautious praise and criticism from grassroots biomass opponents. The regulations have disqualified stand-alone biomass power facilities from receiving Renewable Energy Certificates—a ratepayer subsidy under the state’s [...]

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Biomass Politics on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula [The Biomass Monitor]

On April 27, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Blog, News, The Biomass Monitor

- by Josh Schlossberg, The Biomass Monitor

(Source: Arwyn Rice and Paul Gottlieb, Peninsula Daily News)

Local politics are abuzz with biomass on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, where Port Angeles and Port Townsend residents face two biomass incinerator proposals from Nippon Paper Industries and Port Townsend Paper Corp.

Over the last several weeks, the [...]

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