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Bulgarians Blockade Road to Protest Proposed Biomass Incinerator
– September 22, 2014, Novinite.com Residents of the southern Bulgarian city of Smolyan have staged a brief road block to oppose plans to build a biomass-fired thermal power plant. Residents of the Ustovo district of Smolyan blocked traffic along the Smolyan – Madan road for some 10 minutes on Monday, according to reports of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency and Capital Daily. The…
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Forest Service and Collaboratives Garden Our Forests
– by George Wuerthner, September 25, 2014, The Wildlife News If the public really understood the illogic behind Forest Service polices, including those endorsed by forest collaboratives, I am certain there would be more opposition to current Forest Service policies. First, most FS timber sales lose money. They are a net loss to taxpayers. After the…
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Are Biomass Incinerators Gobbling Up Firewood?
[While we are certainly not advocating for any form of burning, including firewood, it’s interesting how the biomass industry competes with itself. -Ed.] – by Anna Simet, October 03, 2014, Biomass Magazine Last week, I blogged about the pellet availability situation in the Northeast (the “shortage” last year, what might happen this year, etc.) What I…
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Allentown, PA Kills Controversial Waste Incinerator Proposal
– by Emily Opilo, October 1, 2014, McClatchy-Tribune Regional News More than two years after the deal’s controversial approval, Allentown has terminated its contract with Delta Thermo Energy, ending speculation about whether the company would ever build a proposed waste-to-energy facility in the city. In a letter dated Sept. 26, Allentown solicitor Jerry Snyder wrote that Bucks…
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300 Fracked Gas Power Plants Proposed in 45 States: Any Near You? [Energy Justice Now, Sept. 2014]
Ready or not, here it comes: the September issue of Energy Justice Network’s new publication, Energy Justice Now! Inside this issue: – “Why We Must Fight Gas-Fired Power Plants” – “Energy Justice Summer: Standing With Communities in the Shalefields” – “What the Frack? Scraping the Bottom of the Oil Barrel” …and more!!! Please share the September 2014 issue of Energy Justice Now with your friends,…
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Unforeseen Dioxin Formation in Waste Incineration
– by Ingrid Söderbergh, September 18, 2014, Phys.org Dioxins forms faster, at lower temperatures and under other conditions than previously thought. This may affect how we in the future construct sampling equipment, flue gas filtering systems for waste incineration and how to treat waste incineration fly ash. These are some of the conclusions Eva Weidemann draws…
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U.S. Natural Gas Use
Million Cubic Feet (MMcf) of Natural Gas Use in the U.S. Source: Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_cons_sum_dcu_nus_a.htm
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Why We Must Fight Gas-fired Power Plants
– by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network The Ban Ki Moon U.N. Climate Summit is shortly coming to New York City. As we march and teach workshops at climate convergences, the media is likely to focus on the story of the Obama administration’s “Clean Power Plan” moving us away from coal in order to mitigate climate change. The story won’t be told…
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Biomass Incinerators Sue Feds for $22 Million
– by Maeusz Perkoswki, September 16, 2014, Capital Press Two biomass facilities in California that use agricultural waste to generate electricity claim the federal government owes them about $22 million. The plaintiffs — Ampersand Chowchilla Biomass and Merced Power — claim the U.S. Treasury Department is wrongly withholding funds from an economic stimulus program that helps…
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Springfield, MA Mayor Blocks Appeal Against Biomass Incinerator
– by Paul Tuthill, September 12, 2014, WAMC The mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts won’t authorize an appeal to block construction of a wood-burning power plant. A spokesman for Mayor Domenic Sarno said the mayor will not approve funds to appeal a court ruling that ordered the city to reinstate the building permit for the biomass project. …
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