Tag: renewable energy
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Council Concerned Over Reports of Land Contamination from Oklahoma Incinerator
– by Josh Newtown, April 23, 2014, Tahlequah Daily Press TAHLEQUAH — Negotiations involving the purchase of nearly 20 homes on 7 acres of land near Basin Avenue hit a snag Monday night when concerns surfaced over potential contamination of the area. Tahlequah Mayor Jason Nichols had proposed the city purchase the homes and duplexes as…
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Group Calls for Probe of Nova Scotia Biomass Logging
[The forest footprint for a biomass incinerator is massive. Will be interesting to see if any probe is done in regards to this facility. -Ed.] – by Erin Pottie, June 27, 2014, Cape Breton Bureau A Cape Breton environmental group is calling for an emergency review of harvesting practices at Nova Scotia Power’s biomass plant in…
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Shuttered Texas Biomass Incinerator to Reopen
– June 23, 2014, Bioenergy Insight InventivEnergy, an asset management firm, has selected NRG Energy Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, to restart the Aspen Power biomass plant located in Lufkin, Texas. NRG will also operate and maintain the facility once it resumes operation. The plant first opened in August 2011 and was the…
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Activists Shut Down Seneca Biomass Incinerator in Eugene, Oregon
– by Cascadia Forest Defenders, July 7, 2014, Forest Defense Now Scores of activists with Cascadia Forest Defenders and Earth First! converged on the Seneca Jones biomass plant this morning to protest the company’s privatization of public lands in the Elliott State Forest and ongoing pollution in West Eugene. Currently several people have locked themselves to…
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July issue of Energy Justice Now: Building Movement Solidarity
Are you ready for the July issue of Energy Justice Network’s new publication, Energy Justice Now?! -“Why Solidarity is Needed More Than Ever between Coal, Gas and Incinerator Fighters“ -“The Ten Commandments of Movement Solidarity” -“Cowardly Climate Report Urges Business as Usual“ …and more!!! Please share the July 2014 issue of Energy Justice Now with your friends, colleagues, neighbors, media, and…
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Natural Gas + Ethanol = Explosion
– by Larry Phillips, June 30, 2014, Leader and Times academized.com Leader & Times Online Firefighters responded to an explosion Sunday evening at Conestoga Energy’s Arkalon Ethanol Plant. Fortunately, no one was injured from the blast or subsequent fire, according to Seward County Fire Chief Mike Rice. “We got the page at 7:04 p.m. (Sunday) about…
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On Biomass, EPA Should Follow the Science
Other than the author’s support for so-called “sustainable” biomass, overall a decent piece. – Josh – by William H. Schlesinger, June 18, 2014, The Hill In America’s Southeastern states, there’s a booming energy trend that’s as big a step backward as imaginable. In fact, it stretches back to the time of cavemen. Power companies are burning…
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Solar Power Heats 90% of Community’s Homes…in Canada
– Drake Landing Solar Community The Drake Landing Solar Community (DLSC) is a master planned neighbourhood in the Town of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada that has successfully integrated Canadian energy efficient technologies with a renewable, unlimited energy source – the sun. The first of its kind in North America, DLSC is heated by a district system designed…
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Energy Justice Now – A Forum for the Dirty Energy Resistance [June 2014]
Check out the inaugural June 2014 issue of Energy Justice Network’s new publication, Energy Justice Now! In the June issue of Energy Justice Now (a forum for the dirty energy resistance): -“Why Solidarity is Needed More Than Ever between Coal, Gas and Incinerator Fighters“ -“Public Lands, Dirty Energy“ -“On the Dirty Energy Policy Front“ …and more!!! Please share the June 2014 issue…