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Tampa Man Sentenced for $3 Million Biofuels Fraud
– by Susan Salisbury, December 9, 2014, Palm Beach Post A Tampa man was sentenced today on charges he scammed investors out of more than $3 million after promising returns on bio-energy crops such as camelina that were not even planted William A. Vasden Jr. who once headed the Florida Feedstock Growers Association, was sentenced…
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Incinerator in Frederick, MD Canceled After Decade-Long Fight
– by Patrice Gallagher, No Incinerator Alliance On November 20, 2014, Frederick County, Maryland’s Board of County Commissioners cancelled plans to build a 1500 ton-per-day waste-to-energy incinerator, ending a 10 year citizens’ effort to kill the project and put better alternatives for community waste management in place. The vote was 3 to 2, and all…
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From Shock to Victory: The Planet’s “Immune System” at Work
– by Jan Baty, Newark Residents Against the Power Plant As I saw Alex Lotorto (campus and community organizer for Energy Justice Network) step out of his car, unloading materials for the meeting he was to lead at my house, I had a flash back to how I had discovered the Energy Justice Network. In…
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Ethanol Spill in Greensboro, North Carolina
– December 8, 2014, Biofuels International Firefighters in Greensboro, North Carolina, responded to a leaking tanker at a Ryder truck rental facility. Approximately 2,000 gallons of ethanol spilled in an accident in south Greensboro North Carolina. A tanker filled with ethanol burst after the landing gear, which is used to keep the trailer upright when not…
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Census Bureau Releases Biomass Incinerator Data
– by Erin Voegele, December 3, 2014, Biomass Magazine The U.S. Census Bureau recently released new economic census statistics on renewable energy, reporting that revenues for electric power generation industries that use renewable energy resources increased 49 percent from 2007 to 2012, reaching $9.8 billion. In 2007, revenue was only $6.6 billion. Biomass is among the…
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Over 1,200 New Biomass Incinerators to be Constructed Within the Next 10 Years?
– December 4, 2014, AltEnergyMag Electricity generation from solid biomass continues to increase throughout the world. In late 2013, around 2,800 operational power plants worldwide were incinerating biomass only or very large shares of this fuel. These plants had an electricity generation capacity of about 42 GWel. Additionally, around 350 fossil power plants were co-incinerating biomass.…
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December issue of Energy Justice Now | Celebrating 16 Victories for Clean Air in 2014!
Never fear, the December issue of Energy Justice Now — the national forum for the Dirty Energy Resistance — is here! www.energyjustice.net Inside this issue: Celebrating 16 Victories for Clean Air in 2014! – 16 Victories for Clean Air – From Shock to Victory: The Planet’s “Immune System” at Work – Incinerator in Frederick, MD Canceled After Decade-Long Fight …and more! Please…
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Sign Comments to EPA on Clean Power Plan – Due Monday!
SIGN ON: Tell EPA to clean up the Clean Power Plan! www.energyjustice.net/cleanpowerplan DEADLINE is Monday, December 1st As you probably know, the EPA has published its Clean Power Plan, intended to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s electricity sector, for public comment. Our comments ask EPA to: Read the full comments and sign on to…
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2014 Victories in Review
2014 Victories in Review In our most exciting year yet, grassroots campaigns that we’ve started or supported have won 16 victories, mostly against biomass and waste incinerators, though some were pro-active policies or other facilities (landfills or gas-fired power plants). This brings the total number of incinerator victories in our network to about 50 just…
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Ethanol, Fighting for Its Life, Gets a Temporary Reprieve
– by Matthew Philips, November 24, 2014, Bloomberg Businessweek The ethanol industry just avoided a death blow. Rather than deciding to permanently lower the amount of renewable fuels that have to be blended into the U.S. gasoline supply, as it first proposed a year ago, the Environmental Protection Agency last week opted to wait until next year to decide.…
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