Tag: bioenergy

  • Biofuels Company Won’t Pay State of Mississippi After Bankruptcy

    – January 10, 2015, Fuel Fix Bankrupt biofuel maker KiOR and controlling shareholder Vinod Khosla say the state of Mississippi is using legal tactics in an attempt to squeeze money from the company. KiOR, based in Pasadena, fired back Thursday at the Mississippi Development Authority’s December call to convert KiOR’s case from Chapter 11 reorganization into…

  • Remembering Marvin Wheeler

    – by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network  When we formed Allentown Residents for Clean Air (ARCA) in 2012, we couldn’t have kicked it off without Marvin Wheeler, who found us as an active member of the West Park Civic Association. As a retired school nurse, Marvin understood the health threat posed by the plan to burn 150…

  • $355,375 Grant to Install Biomass Heating in Massachusetts Elementary Schools

    – Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, May 5, 2015, Biomass Magazine The administration of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito has announced grant funding for Heath Elementary School in Heath and the Hawlemont Elementary School in Charlemont to convert to highly efficient biomass boilers from their existing oil heating systems.…

  • Solar Generation May Sideline Biomass Heating

    [Note: this article is written by long-time wood stove cheerleader, John Ackerly.  It’s nice to see him admitting that his wood-burning dreams are about to be dashed by solar power.  Energy Justice does not support combustion sources for heating, since non-burn alternatives exist, and since there are many pollution and health problems relating to wood stoves.]…

  • Media Disinformation on Biomass

    – by Chris Matera, Massachusetts Forest Watch  Some people might call it a media failure that tree-fueled biomass energy, one of the dirtiest, most carbon-intensive forms of energy that exists, has a “clean” and “green” reputation with much of the public.  It is not a media failure, it is a media success when we acknowledge that…

  • Oregon Senate OK’s Carbon Neutral Biomass Bill

    – April 9, 2015, KTVZ State Sen. Tim Knopp (R- Bend) carried Senate Bill 752 on the Senate floor Monday and the effort to declare biomass “carbon-neutral” sailed through unanimously. SB 752 declares biomass to be carbon neutral, taking a rule previously created by the Department of Environmental Quality and making it law. It is chief…

  • Chinese Incinerator Plan Cancelled After Thousands Join Protests

    – by Mimi Lau, April 9, 2015, South China Morning Post A western Guangdong city has cancelled a plan to build an incinerator that prompted a protest – of up to 10,000 people on some accounts – during which three police cars were flipped and a duty office vandalised. Luoding city government posted two letters on…

  • Biomass Corporation Sues Federal Gov’t for $47 Million

    – by Jacob Fischler, April 9, 2015, Law 360 MeadWestvaco Virginia Corp. slapped the federal government with a $47 million suit in the Court of Federal Claims on Thursday, alleging the U.S. Department of Treasury underpaid the company for the construction of a biomass energy generator. Under Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,…

  • Mining the Soil for Biomass Energy

    Mining the Soil for Biomass Energy – Thursday, April 16 at 1 pm PT / 4 ET Jon Rhodes, watershed hydrologist, has more than thirty years of professional experience evaluating the impacts of logging and road building on forest ecosystems and watersheds. Jon runs Planeto Azul Hydrology, which provides affordable watershed expertise for a wide variety of…

  • USDA Spends $9 Million More on Biomass Energy

    – U.S. Forest Service, April 9, 2015 Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award of over $9 million to expand and accelerate wood energy and other wood product markets. The federal funds will leverage $22 million in investments from partners, resulting in a total investment of $31 million in 23 states. “Working with our…