Category: Blog entry
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Half the Wood for New Hampshire Biomass Incinerator from Out of State
- by Chris Jensen, May 23, 2014, New Hampshire Public Radio About 51 percent of the wood purchased for the new Burgess BioPower biomass plant in Berlin during its first two months of operation came from New Hampshire, according to a new “sustainability” report filed with the state’s Site Evaluation Committee. Thirty-five percent came from Maine. Five percent from Vermont.…
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Baltimore Residents Face Potential Risks from New Incinerator
- by Jaisal Noor, May 27, 2014, The Real News VIDEO HERE JAISAL NOOR, TRNN PRODUCER: This is Baltimore’s Benjamin Franklin High. Will a the country’s largest incinerator, being built just one mile from here, endanger the health of the students at the school? The Energy Answers Fairfield Renewable Energy Project will burn 4,000 tons of trash,…
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Hazardous Waste is Not Clean, Renewable Energy
- by Lisa Wozniak, June 2, 2014, Lansing News People in politics tell a lot of “success” stories, but one that can be substantiated is the rise of clean, renewable energy in Michigan. Thanks to a law passed with bipartisan support in 2008, Michigan has been challenged to generate 10 percent of its energy from renewable sources…
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Dirty Wood-Heaters
- by Dr. Dorothy Robinson, Woodsmoke.3sc.net The most health-hazardous air pollutant is PM2.5 (tiny particles less than 2.5 millionth of a metre in diameter) that cause 10 to 20 times as many premature deaths as the next worst pollutant (ozone). PM2.5 penetrate the deepest recesses of our lungs. As well as causing lung disease, PM2.5…
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Biomass Growth Capacity Drops in US
- May 27, 2014, Bioenergy Insight Five new biomass plants with a total generation capacity of 10MW came online in the US last month, according to the Energy Infrastructure Update for April, published by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Since the start of 2014, 12 biomass-fired facilities producing a total 20MW of renewable energy have…
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American Lung Association Contradicts Its Own Mission on Fracking
- by Ronald Saff and Maura Stephens, May 22, 2014, Source: Truthout The American Lung Association has acknowledged that fracking causes massive amounts of cancer-causing air pollution, and has urged stronger regulations, but after receiving hefty donations from a fracking company, the ALA switched to falsely promoting gas as “cleaner than other fossil fuels.” “Sobering Statistics Tell…
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Farm Bill Based on Flawed Assumptions about Forest Health and Wildfire
- by George Wuerthner There are widely held assumptions that logging will reduce or preclude large wildfires and beetle outbreaks. The recent Farm Bill provision that would allow categorical exclusion to log up to 3000 acres without NEPA review is based on flawed assumptions about forest health and wildfire. 1. LARGE WILDFIRE CLIMATE DRIVEN Large…
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Couple Suing Iowa Ethanol Plant
- May 21, 2014, WhoTV.com localtvwhotv.wordpress.com A Nevada couple is suing a cellulosic ethanol plant after a fire threatened their home. Ernest and Barbara Clark are suing DuPont Danisco. They are claiming the company has acted recklessly and carelessly in storing the highly combustible corn stover across from their home. On March 31st, at least eight of the…
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Concerns Voiced over Nova Scotia Biomass Logging
- by Lois Ann Dort, Guysborough Journal Last week Nova Scotia Power held one of many regional committee meetings at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. Members of the Municipality of the District of Guysbrough council were on hand and voiced concerns about the harvesting of biomass in the district to supply the biomass plant at Point…
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Connecticut Buys Fake “Clean” Energy from New Hampshire Biomass Incinerator
[Other than ignoring all health and environmental impacts of biomass incineration, this article falsely claims that the Burgess BioPower incinerator in New Hampshire can operate at 90% efficiency, while in reality biomass power incinerators operate at 20–25% efficiency. ‑Ed.] - by Geoffrey Craig and Derek Sands, Platts Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approved on Tuesday a New…