-
Fossil Fuel Divestment: How to Evolve the Campaign Beyond its Shortcomings
– by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network October 2014 Sometimes, environmental movement campaigns that become very popular aren’t the ones that are the most strategic. Trying to divert the fossil fuel divestment bandwagon to a better path hasn’t been easy (or well-received), but some critical examination is long overdue. As activists like to point out, we…
-
Pa
-
Content
-
Transportation and Heating Fuels
The Problems: “Alternative” Fuels Ethanol Cellulosic Ethanol Waste-Based Fuels (includes cellulosic ethanol / trash-to-ethanol and coal-to-liquids) Biodiesel Algae Biodiesel Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Coal-to-Oil Tar Sands Waste Burning in Cement Kilns Militarism Oil & Gas vs. People and the Environment The Solutions: Transportation and Heating Solutions Conserving Heating Fuels
-
Hawaiʻi Bills
The following four bills in the 2024 session of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature are supported by Energy Justice Network , Hawaiʻi Clean Power Task Force ,Kokua na Aina , and the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi INCINERATOR AIR POLLUTION RIGHT-TO-KNOW(SB 2123 / HB 2796) – Requires H-POWER or any new waste incinerator…
-
Dirty Energy and Waste Projects in Hawai‘i
Action alert! Click here to tell Mayor Roth and County Council that industrial burning of trash or trees is not welcome on Hawai‘i Island! In Hawai‘i, Energy Justice Network is supporting our member group,Kokua Na Aina , in educating and organizing residents to stop biomass and waste burning schemes. We’re also supporting the Hawai‘i Clean Power…
-
Study: Biofuel Crops Replacing Grasslands, Contributing to CO2 Emissions
– April 4, 2015, Grand Island Independent A new study from University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers show that crops, including the corn and soybeans used for biofuels, expanded onto 7 million acres of new land in the U.S. over a recent four-year period, replacing millions of acres of grasslands. The study — from UW-Madison graduate student Tyler…
-
Biomass Developer Eyes Louisiana for Three New Biofuel Refineries
Biomass Developer Eyes Louisiana for Three New Biofuel Refineries August 27, 2013, Source: BioEnergy News Cool Planet Energy Systems, a producer of petrol from non-food biomass, is to build three biomass-to-biofuel production plants in the US state of Louisiana for an investment of $168 million (€125.9 million). Two sites – one in Alexandria and another in Natchitoches…
-
Waste-to-Energy Incinerator License Revoked in Scotland
Waste-to-Energy Incinerator License Revoked in Scotland – August 27, 2013. Source: BBC News The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) is revoking the operating licence of an energy-from-waste plant on the outskirts of Dumfries. The notice was issued to Scotgen (Dumfries) Ltd on Friday and comes into effect on 23 September. The £20m plant was the site of…
-
Florida Trash Incinerator Proposal Bites the Dust
(Source: Laurie K. Blandford and Anthony Westbury, TC Palm) A trash incinerator proposal for St. Lucie, Florida has fallen through following a unanimous decision by the St. Lucie County Commissioners to terminate the contract with Georgia-based Geoplasma, citing economic concerns. The 24 megawatt incinerator would’ve incinerated 600 tons of trash per day using a technology called plasma arc, which…
EJ Communities Map
We are mapping all of the existing, proposed, closed and defeated dirty energy and waste facilities in the US. We are building a network of community groups to fight the facilities and the corporations behind them.
Our Network
ActionPA
EJnet
Corporations
Justice Map
Spatial Justice Test