Category: Blog entry

  • Wood – An Imperfect Biomass

    Wood – An Imper­fect Biomass - by Jack Dini, Novem­ber 12, 2013, Source: Cana­da Free Press The largest, so-called renew­able fuel used in Europe is not solar pow­er or wind pow­er, but wood. As The Econ­o­mist reports, “In its var­i­ous forms, from sticks to pel­lets to saw­dust, wood (or to use its fash­ion­able name, bio­mass) accounts for about half…

  • EPA Bans Most Wood-Burning Stoves

    EPA Bans Most Wood-Burn­ing Stoves - by Tara Dodrill, Octo­ber 2, 2013, Source: Off the Grid News Wood-burn­ing stoves offer warmth and enhance off-grid liv­ing options dur­ing cold weath­er months, but the tried-and-true heat­ing devices now are under attack by the Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency. The EPA has banned the pro­duc­tion and sale of the types of stoves used…

  • Concerns Raised About Vermont Biomass Incinerator Traffic

    Con­cerns Raised About Ver­mont Bio­mass Incin­er­a­tor Traffic Novem­ber 13, 2013, Source: AP A hear­ing offi­cer for Vermont’s util­i­ty reg­u­lat­ing Pub­lic Ser­vice Board has rec­om­mend­ed that a state cer­tifi­cate of pub­lic good not be grant­ed to a pro­posed bio­mass ener­gy plant in North Spring­field because the project would cre­ate too much truck traffic. In a doc­u­ment filed Fri­day,…

  • Environmentalists Press Detroit to Stop Trash Incineration

    Envi­ron­men­tal­ists Press Detroit to Stop Trash Incineration - by Jim Lynch, Novem­ber 20, 2013, Source: The Detroit News The city’s new sol­id-waste dis­pos­al con­tract rep­re­sents an open door to local envi­ron­men­tal­ists, and some are try­ing to push the city for fur­ther action. Emer­gency Man­ag­er Kevyn Orr’s office law week said the city select­ed a pair of firms…

  • Yet Another Fire at Wood Pellet Facility

    Fire Dam­ages Ernst Bio­mass Pel­let Plant Novem­ber 11, 2013, Source: Bioen­er­gy Insight Ernst Bio­mass’ pel­let plant in New Jer­sey, US has been dam­aged after a fire broke out on 9 November. The inci­dent is report­ed to have caused $50,000 (€37,330) worth of dam­age to equip­ment such as the facil­i­ty’s con­vey­or sys­tem. Nobody was injured but pro­duc­tion at the…

  • Forests Could Face Threat from Biomass Power “Gold Rush”

    Forests Could Face Threat from Bio­mass Pow­er “Gold Rush” - by Jamie Doward, The Observ­er Britain’s new gen­er­a­tion of bio­mass pow­er sta­tions will have to source mil­lions of tonnes of wood from thou­sands of miles away if they are to oper­ate near to their full capac­i­ty, rais­ing ques­tions about the claims made for the sus­tain­abil­i­ty of the…

  • Outsourcing Forests Costs Thousands of Jobs

    Out­sourc­ing Forests Costs Thou­sands of Jobs - by Roy Keene Log and chip exports, con­sti­tut­ing a third of Oregon’s annu­al tim­ber har­vest, are out­sourc­ing over a bil­lion board feet of wood and thou­sands of domes­tic man­u­fac­tur­ing jobs. Yet Bar­num fails to even men­tion exports, let alone account for the loss­es. As direc­tor of the Ore­gon For­est Resources…

  • Was Ethanol Ever the Answer?

    Q: What can cool the ethanol market? A: The EPA Pub­lished: Mon­day, 18 Nov 2013 | 1:06 PM ET By: Javier E. David Get­ty Images Thanks to the inter­ven­tion of the Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency (EPA), the tor­rid mar­ket for ethanol credits—a linch­pin of efforts to inject more corn-based fuel into the U.S. gaso­line supply—may final­ly be set to cool,…

  • AUDIO: “Biomass Incinerator Noise” ANTI-BIOMASS INCINERATION CAMPAIGN CALL (November 2013)

    Anti-Bio­mass Incin­er­a­tion Cam­paign — Nation­al Con­fer­ence Call  Thurs­day, Novem­ber 14, 2013 TOPIC: “Bio­mass Incin­er­a­tor Noise” RECORDING: Bio­mass Incin­er­a­tor Noise – Novem­ber 2013 We dis­cuss the unfor­tu­nate health and eco­nom­ic impacts of noise from bio­mass incin­er­a­tors and how res­i­dents can respond, with a focus on the Gainesville Renew­able Ener­gy Cen­ter (GREC) bio­mass incin­er­a­tor in Florida.  Guest speak­ers: -Deb­bie Mar­tinez, Reg­is­tered Nurse-Peter Perkins,…

  • Too Much Traffic!

    By Robert Bowman Forbes Novem­ber 18, 2013 The nation’s net­work of high­ways, roads and bridges isn’t equipped to han­dle the huge growth in traf­fic that’s expect­ed in com­ing years, said Bill Logue, pres­i­dent and chief exec­u­tive offi­cer of FedEx Freight. Speak­ing in Hous­ton at the annu­al con­fer­ence of the Nation­al Indus­tri­al Trans­porta­tion League, Logue said the U.S. trans­porta­tion…