Category: Blog entry

  • Join Energy Justice Summer in Northeast Pennsylvania!

    Energy Justice Summer Promo from Alex Lotorto on Vimeo. Energy Justice Summer Promo from Alex Lotorto on Vimeo. From www.energyjusticesummer.org: About We are young organizers who care deeply about social justice and human rights. We seek a world where everyone has access to sustainable energy and no one suffers unjustly because of our fossil fuel economy. We believe that fracking…

  • 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…

  • Biomass Moratorium for Brevard County, North Carolina

    Biomass Moratorium for Brevard County, North Carolina – by Kimberly King, August 2, 2013. Source: WLOS Monday night at the Brevard county courthouse the gallery broke in in raucous applause after Transylvania Commissioners voted for a one-year moratorium that effectively stopped plans for a Biomass plant on private property in Penrose at the airport.  “They listened to…

  • Biomass Fuel Subsidies to be Capped in U.K.

    Biomass Fuel Subsidies to be Capped in U.K. – by Roger Harrabin, July 16, 2013. Source: BBC The government is turning away from its controversial policy of subsidising UK power stations to generate electricity from burning wood. It is proposing that subsidies for bespoke biomass burning plants should be capped at 400 MW. It will end subsidies…

  • Bioenergy Capacity Continues to Increase

    – by Erin Voegele, September 26, 2014, Biomass Magazine The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the September issue of its Electric Power Monthly report, indicating total in-service bioenergy capacity equaled 13,431.4 MW as of the close of July, up from 13,368.4 MW at the close of June. Overall, 313 MW of new bioenergy capacity was…

  • Biomass and Other Transition Fuels are a False Solution

    Biomass and Other Transition Fuels are a False Solution – by Karen Orr, Energy Justice Network Clean, truly renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030, according to recent research published by the Journal of Power Sources. This can be done economically and without government subsidies if…

  • 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…

  • West Coast Wood Exports Undercut Economy and Environment

    West Coast Wood Exports Undercut Economy and Environment – by Samantha Chirillo, Energy Justice Network Since the European Union (EU) countries set high carbon reduction standards and counted biomass energy as carbon neutral and renewable, biomass exports from the southeastern U.S. have skyrocketed. Now, as Japan looks for an alternative to nuclear energy, as U.S. corporations…

  • We predicted the nation’s largest city bankruptcy — 8 years ago

    Pennsylvania’s capital city is now filing for bankruptcy. We hate to say it, but we told them so… eight years ago. In 2003, Energy Justice founder, Mike Ewall, testified before Harrisburg City Council at the request of the coalition of black clergy in the region, warning them that if they borrowed another $125 million to rebuilt…

  • We Won a Google Adwords Grant

    Today Energy Justice won a Google Adwords grant! This provides us with an in-kind donation of advertising which we can use to increase our traffic and reach more people. Our ads will start showing up on the right hand side when you do searches in Google for any terms that we target (so long as…