Category: Blog entry
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Dirty Air for Power We Don’t Need
Dirty Air for Power We Don’t Need - by Dick Stokes, September 19, 2013. Source: Gainesville-Sun The “big lie” method involves making a claim so preposterous people assume it must be true. Gainesville Regional Utilities made the preposterous claim that the air will be cleaner after the biomass incinerator (the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center) starts burning tons of wood…
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Doctor Talks Incineration
Doctor Talks Incineration - by Mitchell Kirk, September 25, 2013. Source: Pharos-Tribune More than 50 people came out for a presentation Tuesday at Logansport Memorial Hospital about how incineration plants can affect health. The event was organized by Citizens’ Alliance for Responsible Energy, or CARE, a group of citizens who oppose the proposed power plant project in…
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Biomass Energy Never Carbon Neutral
Biomass Energy Never Carbon Neutral -by Karen Orr, Energy Justice Network Biomass energy is not carbon neutral and never will be. For years scientific studies have shown that biomass energy isn’t carbon neutral in any useful time frame. A 2012 study from Norway demonstrates that logging forests for bio-energy leads to a permanent increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide.…
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Biofuels Company Granted $4M from DOE after Hosting Obama at Fundraiser
Green company granted $4M from DOE after financier hosts Obama at DSCC fundraiser - by Lachlan Markay, September 20, 2013. Source: The Washington Free Beacon [Read “Cellulosic Ethanol: A Bio-Fool’s Errand” to learn more about the biofuels company LanzaTech.] The Department of Energy recently awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a green energy company financed by a major Democratic Party fundraiser…
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(September 2013) ANTI-BIOMASS CAMPAIGN CALL RECORDING & NOTES: “A Pediatrician’s Perspective on Air Pollution and Children”
Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign — National Conference Call Notes Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 3pm EST Topic: “A Pediatrician’s Perspective on Air Pollution and Children” — We discuss the human health impacts of biomass incineration and other forms of industrial air pollution, with a focus on our nation’s most vulnerable population: our children. Guest speaker: Dr. Norma Kreilein, MD, Fellow…
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Biomass Industry Fans Flames of Wildfire Hysteria
Biomass Industry Fans Flames of Wildfire Hysteria California’s Rim fire, expected to be fully “contained” by October after igniting in Yosemite National Park on August 17, will ultimately benefit the forests it has passed through. While media accounts sensationalize such large wildfires as “catastrophic” and “disastrous,” science demonstrates that, to the contrary, fire is a vital component of…
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Wildland-Urban Fire—A Different Approach
Wildland-Urban Fire–A Different Approach - by Jack D. Cohen, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service Wildland-urban fire occurs when a fire burning in wildland vegetation fuels gets close enough with its flames and/or firebrands (lofted burning embers) to potentially create ignitions of the residential fuels (Butler 1974). Residential fire destruction is the principal problem during wildland-urban fires,…
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Wind Drives All Large Blazes
Wind Drives All Large Blazes - by George Wuerthner As large fires have spread across the West in recent decades, we hear increasing demands to reduce fuels—typically through logging. But logging won’t reduce the large fires we are experiencing because fuels do not drive large fires. You can have tons of fuel per acre as occurs…
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The Ecological Importance of California’s Rim Fire
The Ecological Importance of California’s Rim Fire - by Chad Hanson, John Muir Project Photo: Doug Bevington Since the Rim fire began in the central Sierra Nevada on August 17, there has been a steady stream of fearful, hyperbolic, and misinformed reporting in much of the media. The fire, which is currently 188,000 acres in size and covers portions…
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USDA to Expand Taxpayer Handouts to Biomass Industry
USDA Announces Initiative to Expand U.S. Wood-to-Energy Efforts - by Sue Retka Schill, September 13, 2013. Source: Biomass Magazine The USDA announced a partnership agreement to expand wood energy use, which will help improve the safety and health of U.S. forests. The new partnerships include USDA, the Alliance for Green Heat, the Biomass Power Association, the Biomass…