Tag: renewable energy

  • High-Grade Wood Going to Nova Scotia Biomass Incinerator

    – by Tom Ayer , May 12, 2014, Source: Cape Breton Bureau Photo: Erin Pottie, Cape Breton Bureau Top stories in Halifax Business owners in Cape Breton who rely on the forest for a living say high-quality hardwoods are making their way into Nova Scotia Power’s biomass plant in Point Tupper, consuming a wood supply that…

  • EPA Seeks Comments on “Repowering America’s Land Initiative”

    [Contact the EPA at cleanenergy@epa.gov by May 30 and urge them NOT to include biomass energy in their plans. -Ed.]  – Erin Voegele, May 8, 2014, Source: Biomass Magazine The U.S. EPA is seeking public comments on its new draft action plant for the RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative. The program promotes renewable energy development on current and formerly contaminated lands,…

  • The Height of Stupidity? Jet Fuel from Trees

    [Yet another bad idea fueled by the fantasy of infinite growth. -Ed.] – May 9, 2014,  Source: Phys Org A key challenge in the biofuels landscape is to get more advanced biofuels—fuels other than corn ethanol and vegetable oil-based biodiesel—into the transportation pool. Utilization of advanced biofuels is stipulated by the Energy Independence and Security Act; however,…

  • The Height of Stupidity? Jet Fuel from Trees

    [Yet another bad idea fueled by the fantasy of infinite growth. -Ed.] – May 9, 2014,  Source: Phys Org A key challenge in the biofuels landscape is to get more advanced biofuels—fuels other than corn ethanol and vegetable oil-based biodiesel—into the transportation pool. Utilization of advanced biofuels is stipulated by the Energy Independence and Security Act; however,…

  • Welcome to Energy Justice Now!

    Welcome to Energy Justice Now, Energy Justice Network’s first monthly newsletter! Energy Justice Now will provide critical reporting on the entire spectrum of the dirty energy resistance, highlighting the voices of community organizers battling fossil fuels, nuclear power, and biomass and waste incineration from sea to shining sea. We are accepting submissions at niaby [at]…

  • Poll: 61% of Americans Clueless about Biomass Energy

    [Take a look at the Harris Poll here. – Ed.] – by Erin Voegele, March 28, 2014. Source: Biomass Magazine A recently released Harris Poll addresses public perception of a variety of energy technologies, including biomass energy. The results show that many U.S. adults are unfamiliar with biomass energy and its benefits. Within its results, the company…

  • Biomass Lease Terminated by Jasper Clean Energy in Indiana

    – by Matthew Crane, April 21, 2014. Source: Dubois County Free Press Dr. Norma Kreilein, her husband, Mike, Alec Kalla and Rock Emmert were all in session during the Jasper Utility Service Board (USB) meeting Monday night — the eve of Earth Day — when it was announced that Jasper Clean Energy would be terminating the lease…

  • Are Climate Claims for Burning Renewable Trees a Smokescreen?

    – by Robert McClure, April 21, 2014. Source: The Tyee/Investigate West Nestled into a seaside forest on the University of British Columbia’s lands, amid a carpet of sword ferns and salal, sits a gleaming industrial facility that’s been hailed as a significant step toward a carbon-neutral future for B.C., Canada and even the world. The wood-gas…

  • Bioenergy Pipelines?

    – August 14, 2014, Waste Management World [The latest bad idea coming out of the polluting bioenergy industry.] A scientist at the University of Alberta, Canada is research to determine whether it’s effective to use pipelines to transport agricultural waste used in biofuels. According to the university, Mahdi Vaezi, a PhD student in the Faculty of Engineering,…

  • Bioenergy Corporation to Cut and Burn Public Forests in Washington

    – by Kate Prengaman, October 29, 2014 Yakima Herald-Republic Scientists are searching for the fuels of the future in high-tech laboratories around the world, but last week one research team debuted its new technology at a wood-chipping plant tucked in the forest outside Cle Elum. That’s because their technology runs on wood chips. Roasting the wood,…