Tag: renewable energy

  • Why Solidarity is Needed More than Ever between Coal, Gas and Incinerator Fighters

    – by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network Most progress in stopping polluting energy and waste industries is accomplished by grassroots activism, stopping one project at a time. Many assume that grassroots groups are “NIMBY” types just pushing polluters from one community to another. However, 50% to 95% of each wave of industrial development in recent decades has…

  • Biomass and Gas Incinerator Proposed for Vermont Yankee Nuke Site

    – by Mike Faher, June 3, 2014, Brattleboro Reformer Selectboard members are touting the potential benefits of new biomass power plant — with the possibility of a natural-gas component — that could be built at the Vermont Yankee site after the nuclear facility shuts. Officials expect to organize a public forum to discuss the deetails of…

  • Massachusetts Grants Millions to Biomass Industry

    [Millions of taxpayer dollars go to polluting biomass incineration under the guise of “clean” energy. -Ed.] –  by Anna Simet, June 5, 2014, Biomass Magazine Massachusetts has dedicated $3.5 million to nine renewable thermal projects in the state through a new grant program, the Massachusetts Renewable Thermal Business Investment Financing Program. Funds for the program are…

  • Hazardous Waste is Not Clean, Renewable Energy

    – by Lisa Wozniak, June 2, 2014, Lansing News People in politics tell a lot of “success” stories, but one that can be substantiated is the rise of clean, renewable energy in Michigan. Thanks to a law passed with bipartisan support in 2008, Michigan has been challenged to generate 10 percent of its energy from renewable…

  • The Ten Commandments of Movement Solidarity

    After a decade of grassroots advocacy, my personal belief is that the greatest obstacle to positive change in the world isn’t corporations, the government, or the 1%, but lack of movement solidarity. And no, I’m not pretending to be some modern day Moses bringing the divine truths down from the mountain. I’m just someone who…

  • Biomass Growth Capacity Drops in US

    – May 27, 2014, Bioenergy Insight Five new biomass plants with a total generation capacity of 10MW came online in the US last month, according to the Energy Infrastructure Update for April, published by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Since the start of 2014, 12 biomass-fired facilities producing a total 20MW of renewable energy have…

  • Farm Bill Based on Flawed Assumptions about Forest Health and Wildfire

    – by George Wuerthner There are widely held assumptions that logging will reduce or preclude large wildfires and beetle outbreaks. The recent Farm Bill provision that would allow categorical exclusion to log up to 3000 acres without NEPA review is based on flawed assumptions about forest health and wildfire.  1. LARGE WILDFIRE CLIMATE DRIVEN Large…

  • Concerns Voiced over Nova Scotia Biomass Logging

    – by Lois Ann Dort, Guysborough Journal Last week Nova Scotia Power held one of many regional committee meetings at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. Members of the Municipality of the District of Guysbrough council were on hand and voiced concerns about the harvesting of biomass in the district to supply the biomass plant at Point…

  • Connecticut Buys Fake “Clean” Energy from New Hampshire Biomass Incinerator

    [Other than ignoring all health and environmental impacts of biomass incineration, this article falsely claims that the Burgess BioPower incinerator in New Hampshire can operate at 90% efficiency, while in reality biomass power incinerators operate at 20-25% efficiency. -Ed.] – by Geoffrey Craig and Derek Sands, Platts Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approved on Tuesday a New…

  • Biomass Burner Short on Fuel

    – by Aaron Beswick, May 15, 2014, Source: Truro Bureau Nova Scotia is having trouble keeping up with the requirement for fibre at the biomass boiler at Point Tupper, says the natural resources minister. “There’s not enough fibre right now in the province to support demands placed on that sector,” Zach Churchill said Thursday, referring to…