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Was Ethanol Ever the Answer?
Q: What can cool the ethanol market? A: The EPA Published: Monday, 18 Nov 2013 | 1:06 PM ET By: Javier E. David Getty Images Thanks to the intervention of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the torrid market for ethanol credits—a linchpin of efforts to inject more corn-based fuel into the U.S. gasoline supply—may finally be…
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AUDIO: “Biomass Incinerator Noise” ANTI-BIOMASS INCINERATION CAMPAIGN CALL (November 2013)
Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign – National Conference Call Thursday, November 14, 2013 TOPIC: “Biomass Incinerator Noise” RECORDING: Biomass Incinerator Noise – November 2013 We discuss the unfortunate health and economic impacts of noise from biomass incinerators and how residents can respond, with a focus on the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC) biomass incinerator in Florida. Guest speakers:…
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Typhoons, Climate Negotiations and a Reality Check
Typhoons, Climate Negotiations and a Reality Check – by Rachel Smolker, Biofuelwatch The latest round of climate negotiations are opening just as we are hearing the stories and viewing images on the news coverage of the devastation wrought on the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan (aka Yolanda). Coincidentally, the last round of climate negotiations, COP 18…
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False Solutions for Forests: Biomass Energy, Sustainable Timber, and Carbon Markets
False Solutions for Forests: Biomass Energy, Sustainable Timber, and Carbon Markets – by Jeff Conant, Friends of the Earth In the landscape of global deforestation, a tension exists between policies and practices aimed at drawing a sharp halt to the exploitation of forests and forest peoples and those designed to stimulate a vaguely promised market shift…
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Environmental Greats Debate Nuclear Power
By Rod Adams, November 12, 2013 The energy Collective During the promotional period leading up to CNN’s initial airing of Pandora’s Promise, Michael Brune, executive direction of the Sierra Club, and Robert Stone, the director of Pandora’s Promise, engaged in a meaningful discussion about nuclear energy hosted by Kate Bolduan. During the discussion, Brune explains that…
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More Haze in Theodore National Park
Bakken boom linked to haze at Theodore Roosevelt park Posted on 11/08/2013 by Greenwire By Phil Taylor As new oil wells crop up by the thousands in the mineral-rich Bakken play in northwest North Dakota, nearby Theodore Roosevelt National Park has experienced spikes in haze-causing pollution, according to a new study. While the boom has created wealth for…
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hina’s Coal Problem
Christina Nunez National Geographic Published October 22, 2013 Choked with smog that shut down roads, schools, and its main airport, the city of Harbin (map) this week offered a striking reminder that China has a long way to go in addressing the hazards caused by its dependence on coal. Visibility in the northeastern city of…
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New York is getting brighter!
By: Kristofer Settle Nov 2, 2013 Source: the energy collective The streets of New York City will be a little brighter (literally) over the next few years. Last week NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced a new effort to replace the city’s current amber streetlights for white, more energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs throughout the five…
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Yosemite’s Burned Areas Are Alive
Yosemite’s Burned Areas Are Alive – by Chad Hanson, October 3, 2013. Source: Los Angeles Times It was entirely predictable. Even before the ashes have cooled on the 257,000-acre Rim fire in and around Yosemite this year, the timber industry and its allies in Congress were using the fire as an excuse for suspending environmental laws and expanding logging operations on federal land.…
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Commission Revises Archaeological Conditions for Hu Honua Bioenergy
Commission Revises Archaeological Conditions for Hu Honua Bioenergy – by Tom Callis, October 4, 2013. Source: Hawaii Tribune-Herald The Hu Honua Bioenergy project was back before the Windward Planning Commission briefly Thursday. Third Circuit Court Judge Greg Nakamura, who is handling the appeal of a contested case hearing regarding the 21.5-megawatt biomass power plant under construction near…
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