Category: Blog entry
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UK Wood Pellet Port Catches Fire
UK Wood Pellet Port Catches Fire October 11, 2013. Source: The Shields Gazette PORT of Tyne bosses have said a riverside blaze that sparked a major fire alert is now under control.About 50 firefighters were called to the Port at around 3pm on Friday to tackle a blaze in a storage shed containing biomass pellets. A spokeswoman…
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Biomass Energy Takes Share of $7 Billion in U.S. Army Contracts
Biomass energy takes share of $7 billion in U.S. Army contracts - by Anna Simet, September 24, 2013. Source: Biomass Magazine Out of 52 bids submitted to acquire a share of $7 billion in energy contracts offered by the U.S. Army, 13 biomass companies have been selected. Contract awardees include Acciona Energy North America Corp., Chicago, Ill.;…
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Fire Erupts at Missouri Wood Pellet Facility
Fire erupts at the MFA Biomass plant in Aurora - by Paula Morehouse, October 13, 2013. Source: KY3 Biomass plant in Aurora The state fire marshal is investigating a fire on Sunday at the MFA Biomass plant in Aurora, Missouri. The owner told KY3 News no one was hurt in the fire. The facility was not in…
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Speak Up On “National Bioenergy Truth Day” – Thursday, October 17
Speak Up On “National Bioenergy Truth Day” – Thursday, October 17 Please take 5 minutes of your time on Thursday, October 17 to make phone calls to select members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (listed below with talking points) to voice your opposition to the latest piece of legislation that would open the…
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Wood Pellet Facility Threatens Southern Forests
New Maps Reveal Enviva’s Ahoskie Wood Pellet Facility Threatens Southern Wetland Forests, Surrounding Ecosystems and Wildlife - August 27, 2013. Source: Dogwood Alliance AHOSKIE, N.C. (August 27, 2013) – New maps and a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Dogwood Alliance reveal the ecological threat a major wood pellet manufacturing mill in…
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Wood Pellet Facility Creates Dust Issue
Wood Pellet Facility Creates Dust Issue - by Linda Russell, September 3, 2013. Source: KY3 SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Growing production at a pellet plant in Aurora means more jobs. But people who live nearby say it also means a lot more sawdust, so much that it’s hurting air quality there. MFA Oil Biomass opened the production facility on Aurora’s northwest…
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Wood Pellet Facility Creates Dust Issue
Wood Pellet Facility Creates Dust Issue - by Linda Russell, September 3, 2013. Source: KY3 SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Growing production at a pellet plant in Aurora means more jobs. But people who live nearby say it also means a lot more sawdust, so much that it’s hurting air quality there. MFA Oil Biomass opened the production facility on Aurora’s northwest…
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European Biofuels Vote Delivers ‘Desperately Weak Compromise’
European Biofuels Vote Delivers ‘Desperately Weak Compromise’ - by Karl Mathiesen, September 11, 2013. Source: The Guardian The European parliament has delivered a “desperately weak compromise” on the future of biofuels in Europe that industry says will “curtail jobs and investment”. In a tight vote on the use of biofuels in transport fuel, the parliament approved a 6% cap on the…
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Biofuels Project Pushing Thousands of People into Hunger in Africa
Biofuels Project Pushing Thousands of People into Hunger in Africa - September 4, 2013. Source: ActionAid A biofuels project praised by the European Commission as environmentally and socially responsible is pushing thousands of people into poverty in one of the poorest countries in the world, a new ActionAid report said today. The report comes as MEPs prepare to…
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Florida Forest Service Report on Forest Sustainability Challenged
Florida Forest Service Report on Forest Sustainability Challenged - by Bruce Ritchie, September 6, 2013. Source: The Florida Current A Florida Forest Service report required by 2012 legislation found that the state’s forests overall are sustainable but there are some counties where some types of trees are being harvested faster than they are being grown. The report was required by HB…