Category: Blog entry
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Commercial Use of Wood Energy is Heating Up
- by Michael Mccord, November 26, 2014, New Hampshire Business Review New Hampshire’s recently released 10-year energy strategy acknowledged an ongoing fact of life for the state’s commercial and residential sectors: New Hampshire imports 100 percent of its fossil fuels and natural gas. According to the NH Wood Energy Council, New Hampshire pays more than $1…
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VICTORY: Environmental Justice and Zero Waste Win over Increased Trash Burning in Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis residents have just stopped the planned expansion of the trash incinerator in their city, and have set their county on the path to zero waste! The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC), is capable of burning 1,212 tons of trash a day, but has been limited by permits to burning 1,000 tons/day. The county has been seeking to…
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Tire Burner Stopped in White Deer, PA!
First major victory of the year… a community we’ve been supporting since October 2011 to stop a planned tire incinerator just won! In White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, En-Tire Logistics proposed the White Deer Energy Project, which would have burned tires to power the National Gypsum plant next door. The company pulled out of the project, withdrawing…
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Thanks for the Support!
Our end of the year fundraising drive raised a record $10,000 in donations! Thanks to everyone for the support and we will be fighting hard for and with you in 2014.
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Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign Coordinator in Jeopardy
Dear Biomass Busters, As most of you know, I have been a coordinator for the national Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign for the past couple years. This year the amazing Samantha Chirillo joined me as co-coordinator, based in the biomass battleground state of Oregon. Together, working with all of you great bio-masochists, we’ve pushed back hard against…
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Baltimore students rally against giant waste incinerator
Yesterday, we joined the high school students in Baltimore for their excellent 100-strong march/rally against a plan for the nation’s largest waste incinerator, planned by Energy Answers within a mile of their school in one of the nation’s most polluted zip codes. It would burn 4,000 tons/day of trash, tires, shredded cars and wood waste, not…
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What if Energy Justice Network Pulled the Plug…?
What if Energy Justice Network Pulled the Plug…? Illness. Loss of a job. Divorce. Three of the most stressful things that can happen to you. Living near a dirty energy facility is also right up there near the top of the list. The shadow of uncertainty, worry, and frustration that the proposal of a polluting biomass or trash…
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Battle for Arctic Energy
CNBC By Reuters December 10, 2013 Predisdent Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s Military to increase its focus on the Arctic and finish plans by the end of the year to upgrade military bases in the resource-rich region where world powers jostle for control. Speaking to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Putin praised the military’s work in the Arctic,…
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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 Forester-Greg Pallesen, Association…