Tag: climate

  • Biomass Energy Never Carbon Neutral

    Biomass Energy Never Carbon Neutral -by Karen Orr, Energy Justice Network Biomass energy is not carbon neutral and never will be. For years scientific studies have shown that biomass energy isn’t carbon neutral in any useful time frame. A 2012 study from Norway demonstrates that logging forests for bio-energy leads to a permanent increase in atmospheric carbon…

  • Biomass Industry Fans Flames of Wildfire Hysteria

    Biomass Industry Fans Flames of Wildfire Hysteria  California’s Rim fire, expected to be fully “contained” by October after igniting in Yosemite National Park on August 17, will ultimately benefit the forests it has passed through. While media accounts sensationalize such large wildfires as “catastrophic” and “disastrous,” science demonstrates that, to the contrary, fire is a vital component of…

  • How Europe can Help Obama Achieve U.S. Climate Targets

    How Europe can Help Obama Achieve U.S. Climate Targets – by Glenn Hurowitz, June 28, 2013. Source: Grist As the global leader of climate action, European governments want to know how President Obama’s major climate speech affects Europe – and particularly whether the actions he outlined can allow the United States to reach its commitment to reduce…

  • Australia to Reverse Ban on Native Forest Incineration

    Australia to Reverse Ban on Native Forest Incineration – by Jenny Weber, Huon Valley Environment Centre   Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state government has announced plans to allow native forests to be logged and burnt for electricity generation. Removing a ban on burning native forest wood for electricity would give a green light for the…

  • Cellulosic Ethanol Refinery Proposal Loses Major Partner

    Cellulosic Ethanol Refinery Proposal Loses Major Partner  – by Warren Johnston, August 11, 2013. Source: Valley News [For more information on this facility please read “Cellulosic Ethanol: A Bio-Fool’s Errand“] Mascoma Corp., the Lebanon-based developer of cutting-edge biofuels technology, has lost its major partner in a proposed $233 million ethanol plant in Michigan.  Although Mascoma did not…

  • ANTI-BIOMASS CAMPAIGN CALL RECORDING & NOTES: “Court Rejects EPA Rule that Deferred Carbon Standards for Biomass Industry” (August 2013)

    Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign – National Conference Call Notes Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 3pm EST Topic: “Court Rejects EPA Rule that Deferred Carbon Standards for Biomass Industry” – What does the recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision (Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA) mean for the future of industrial-scale biomass incineration in the U.S.? Guest Speaker:…

  • Timber Industry Distorts Information to Exploit Our Forests

    Timber Industry Distorts Information to Exploit Our Forests – by Samantha Chirillo, July 11, 2013. Source: Register-Guard Swanson supposedly states just the facts regarding Oregon’s forests and industry, but instead distorts them. Swanson is connected to the Swanson Group, a family that owns mills dependent on public timber. Her bias may be expected, but her…

  • Biomass Industry Reveals Plans to Turn U.S. into European Resource Colony

    Biomass Industry Reveals Plans to Turn U.S. into European Resource Colony Think the days of Europe exploiting the U.S. as a resource colony are behind us? Welcome back to the 18th century.  A July Biomass Magazine and Pellet Mill Magazine webinar series, “Satisfying Europe’s Growing Appetite for American Wood Pellets,” lays out the biomass industry’s disturbing plans to convert North American…

  • Oregon Biomass Battleground

    Oregon: Biomass Battleground – by Samantha Chirillo, Energy Justice Network Timber Town Eugene, Oregon buzzes along nearly oblivious to the forest destruction and herbicide poisoning around it. Much like a frog in a pot of water brought to a slow boil, the timber industry relies on what anthropologist and author Jared Diamond referred to as…

  • 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…