Category: Blog entry

  • The NRA and the Anti-Biomass Movement

    The NRA and the Anti-Biomass Movement  Don’t worry. This article won’t flesh out the arguments for or against an assault weapons ban, mandatory background checks, or restrictions on magazine size. It doesn’t actually have anything to do with guns at all. Whether you think the National Rifle Association (NRA) is a fortress of freedom or…

  • Waste to Energy a Health Hazard?

    Waste to Energy a Health Hazard? – by Mark Martin, June 23, 2013. Source: Christian Broadcasting Network  Do you know where your trash goes? Landfills aren’t the only option. Some goes toa  plant, where it’s burned for energy. But some believe that may not be such a good idea. Like a giant claw, a huge crane slowly…

  • Largest Biomass Incinerator in the World Shuts Down

    Largest Biomass Incinerator in the World Shuts Down – by Jan Hromadko, July 8, 2013. Source: Euro Investor  RWE AG (RWE.XE) said Monday it has abandoned plans to extend the operating life of the world’s largest biomass-fired power plant, citing poor energy demand, low power prices and a heavy debt load for forcing the German utility to…

  • Burning Wood is Not the Solution to Climate Change

    Burning Wood is Not the Solution to Climate Change – by Sophie Bastable, Biofuelwatch Under the guise of ‘green energy’, burning wood in power stations has become a massive growth industry in the UK, with by far the biggest demand coming from coal-fired power station operators. So far, five of them have announced plans to…

  • Biofuels and Biomass Lose Favor: Investors Beware!

    Biofuels and Biomass Lose Favor: Investors Beware! – by Rachel Smolker, Biofuelwatch Having spent the past eight years or so of my life fighting back against large-scale commercial and industrial bioenergy, it feels good to finally see the tides turning, albeit slowly, maybe not always for the right reasons, and perhaps too little too late.…

  • Nurse Speaks Out on Biomass Health Threats

    – by Debbie Martinez, RN, Gainesville, Florida As a registered nurse I find it alarming that Alachua County’s huge medical community has remained silent on dangerous smokestack emissions as more research now demonstrates that air pollution from the city’s planned biomass incinerator will pose a significant health risk to adults, children and the unborn within…

  • End of the Road for Greenfield, MA Biomass Incinerator

    END OF THE ROAD FOR GREENFIELD BIOMASS PROJECT Contact: Janet Sinclair 413-625-2886 / 413-478-4333 Concerned Citizens of Franklin County Greenfield, MA July 18, 2013  The plaintiffs appealing the Greenfield, MA Zoning Board decision to grant a Special Permit for a 47 Megawatt biomass power plant filed a request in the Franklin Superior Court to annul…

  • Seneca Biomass Incinerator Requests Increase in Pollution Cap

    Seneca Biomass Incinerator Requests Increase in Pollution Cap – by Diane Dietz, July 17, 2013. Source: The Register-Guard  The owners of a 2½-year-old electricity plant fueled with logging scraps have struggled to meet clean air standards since the facility began operations on the outskirts of Eugene and are asking regulators for a little more leeway to pollute. …

  • Biomass Opponents Take on Congress

    Biomass Opponents Take on Congress Eighty-five organizations from twenty-six states (and counting) have signed on to a letter to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, insisting that the Senator protect Americans from harmful air pollution by ending his support for biomass incineration. The letter, written by…

  • Garbage In, Garbage Out

    Garbage In, Garbage Out – by Mercedes Brugh One of the unanswered questions about the pyrolyzation garbage-to-electricity proposal for Logansport, Indiana has been about emissions. No proof has been offered about emissions. We have been told that the Pyrolyzer plant will have to follow the “strictest emissions rules,” but that is no comfort. Indiana consistently ranks among…