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Biomass Plans Withdrawn for Isle of Wight – by Ross Findon, July 9, 2013. Source: Isle of Wight County Press The surprise decision by Real Ventures was announced this morning (Tuesday) just hours before the Isle of Wight Council was due to consider an application by the company to extend its preferred bidder status for a former…

Biomass Incinerator Proposed for Vidalia, Louisiana July 12, 2013. Source: The Advocate  Hinterland LLC is planning a $100 million-plus, 50-job biomass facility in the 130-acre Vidalia Industrial Park. “We are excited to announce and welcome Hinterland LLC as our newest resident in the Vidalia Industrial Park,” said Vidalia Mayor Hyram Copeland said in a news release.…

Biofuel investments at seven-year low July 8, 2013. Source: Bloomberg Europe’s biggest oil companies are scaling back work on the next generation of biofuels, a setback for the effort to create a gasoline substitute that doesn’t drain the food supply.  BP Plc (BP/) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) Group Plc have halted funds for four separate ventures…

Our Publications: Incineration is the most expensive and polluting way to make energy or to manage waste. It produces the fewest jobs compared to reuse, recycling and composting the same materials. It is the dirtiest way to manage waste – far more polluting than landfills. It is also the dirtiest way to produce energy – far more…

The variable operations and maintenance (O&M) costs are as follows: Variable O&M costs include fuel and other consumable materials and supplies; raw water; waste and wastewater disposal expenses; purchased power (incurred inversely to operating hours), demand charges and related utilities; chemicals, catalysts and gases; ammonia for selective catalytic reduction (SCR), as applicable; and lubricants. Source: “Updated…

Picking an Issue: From Service Projects to Issue Campaigns Originally published by the Student Environmental Action Coalition, and written by Adam Berrey (1993), expanded and updated by Mike Ewall (1999) Have you felt that your group was doing a lot of activities but not getting anything done? Have you started to wonder if another Earth Day…

The Problems: “Alternative” Fuels Ethanol Cellulosic Ethanol Waste-Based Fuels (includes cellulosic ethanol / trash-to-ethanol and coal-to-liquids) Biodiesel Algae Biodiesel Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Coal-to-Oil Tar Sands Waste Burning in Cement Kilns Militarism Oil & Gas vs. People and the Environment The Solutions: Transportation and Heating Solutions Conserving Heating Fuels

The following four bills in the 2024 session of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature are supported by Energy Justice Network , Hawaiʻi Clean Power Task Force ,Kokua na Aina , and the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi INCINERATOR AIR POLLUTION RIGHT-TO-KNOW(SB 2123 / HB 2796)  – Requires H-POWER or any new waste incinerator…

Action alert! Click here to tell Mayor Roth and County Council that industrial burning of trash or trees is not welcome on Hawai‘i Island! In Hawai‘i, Energy Justice Network is supporting our member group,Kokua Na Aina , in educating and organizing residents to stop biomass and waste burning schemes. We’re also supporting the Hawai‘i Clean Power…