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Poultry Power Poops Out in North Carolina
(Source: Mary Anderson, Courier-Tribune) A 36 megawatt biomass incinerator that would have burned poultry feces is no longer being considered for Biscoe, North Carolina, to the relief of Montgomery and Moore County residents and grassroots community groups, such as Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL), which opposed the project. The developer, Poultry Power, a subsidiary of the Florida-based Green…
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Are Massachusetts’ New Biomass Regulations Strong Enough?
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources finally released its long awaited and much delayed biomass regulations, garnering both cautious praise and criticism from grassroots biomass opponents. The regulations have disqualified stand-alone biomass power facilities from receiving Renewable Energy Certificates—a ratepayer subsidy under the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard—though incentives are still available for combined heat and power facilities operating…
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Mercury in Waste Coal
Above chart from “Mercury and Utilities: Current Control Technologies” (7/31/2001 EPA presentation, page 6), based on EPA’s 1999 Information Collection Request (ICR) (download raw data or view their summary data in Excel. More concise summary data comparing BTU, mercury and sulfur content of coals by region available from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information…
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End the Climate Change Debate
Lately I have noticed a lot of false equivalence in the media. What’s crazier still is the way they are often touted as something to be proud of. As though the cliché phrase “there are two sides to every story” were a golden rule for newscasters to live by. I think that we need to…
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New Year, New Work
I hope you have been enjoying the break, holidays, winter weather and new year. New Year is probably my favorite holiday of the year, and it’s not just because of the parties. New Year is a time of serious reflection. A time to look back on the past year and consider what you did, and…
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The Myth of Clean Coal
The Myth of Clean Coal: Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plants IGCC Fact sheet (2 page handout version) IGCC Fact sheet (longer version)
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Mercury
Above chart from “Mercury and Utilities: Current
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Burning Issues with Biomass
The Burning Issues with Biomass by Mike Ewall Green energy to bring us wind mills AND incinerators
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Conserving Heating Fuels
Conserving Heating Fuels The upcoming winter promises to be a painful one for millions of consumers across the country. Dramatically higher prices for winter heating fuels threaten the pocketbooks of many consumers and could deliver a multi-billion dollar blow to the nation’s economy. Even in warm-weather parts of the country, rising fuel prices will have…
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