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Biomass Energy Never Carbon Neutral
Biomass Energy Never Carbon Neutral -by Karen Orr, Energy Justice Network Biomass energy is not carbon neutral and never will be. For years scientific studies have shown that biomass energy isn’t carbon neutral in any useful time frame. A 2012 study from Norway demonstrates that logging forests for bio-energy leads to a permanent increase in atmospheric carbon…
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Biofuels Company Granted $4M from DOE after Hosting Obama at Fundraiser
Green company granted $4M from DOE after financier hosts Obama at DSCC fundraiser – by Lachlan Markay, September 20, 2013. Source: The Washington Free Beacon [Read “Cellulosic Ethanol: A Bio-Fool’s Errand” to learn more about the biofuels company LanzaTech.] The Department of Energy recently awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a green energy company financed by a major Democratic Party fundraiser…
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Victims of the Biomass Plant
Victims of the Biomass Plant – by Judy Hooker The city of Gainesville government isn’t the intelligent, forward thinking group I would have imagined. Is it somehow cool to victimize an otherwise beautiful community for financial gain? People and wildlife alike will pay a huge price for your callous actions. I am speaking of the…
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(September 2013) ANTI-BIOMASS CAMPAIGN CALL RECORDING & NOTES: “A Pediatrician’s Perspective on Air Pollution and Children”
Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign – National Conference Call Notes Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 3pm EST Topic: “A Pediatrician’s Perspective on Air Pollution and Children” – We discuss the human health impacts of biomass incineration and other forms of industrial air pollution, with a focus on our nation’s most vulnerable population: our children. Guest speaker: Dr. Norma Kreilein,…
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Biomass Industry Fans Flames of Wildfire Hysteria
Biomass Industry Fans Flames of Wildfire Hysteria California’s Rim fire, expected to be fully “contained” by October after igniting in Yosemite National Park on August 17, will ultimately benefit the forests it has passed through. While media accounts sensationalize such large wildfires as “catastrophic” and “disastrous,” science demonstrates that, to the contrary, fire is a vital component of…
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Wildland-Urban Fire—A Different Approach
Wildland-Urban Fire–A Different Approach – by Jack D. Cohen, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service Wildland-urban fire occurs when a fire burning in wildland vegetation fuels gets close enough with its flames and/or firebrands (lofted burning embers) to potentially create ignitions of the residential fuels (Butler 1974). Residential fire destruction is the principal problem during wildland-urban fires,…
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Wind Drives All Large Blazes
Wind Drives All Large Blazes – by George Wuerthner As large fires have spread across the West in recent decades, we hear increasing demands to reduce fuels—typically through logging. But logging won’t reduce the large fires we are experiencing because fuels do not drive large fires. You can have tons of fuel per acre as…
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How Europe can Help Obama Achieve U.S. Climate Targets
How Europe can Help Obama Achieve U.S. Climate Targets – by Glenn Hurowitz, June 28, 2013. Source: Grist As the global leader of climate action, European governments want to know how President Obama’s major climate speech affects Europe – and particularly whether the actions he outlined can allow the United States to reach its commitment to reduce…
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Biomass Health Care Costs
Biomass Health Care Costs – by Dick Stokes, August 16, 2013. Source: Gainesville Sun [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_large”,”fid”:”110″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”style”:”width: 200px; height: 200px; float: left; margin: 7px;”}}]]Physicians warned Gainesville officials for years about the increased health risks and health-care costs from biomass-burning emissions. There’s nothing green, clean or healthy about hauling over 22 counties’ worth of wood on diesel-belching trucks every day…
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E.U. Agroenergy Policy: A Foreseeable Disaster
E.U. Agroenergy Policy: A Foreseeable Disaster In a misguided attempt to allegedly tackle runaway climate change, the European Union (E.U.) is implementing policy that would increase carbon dioxide emissions, displace native peoples, threaten public health, and degrade forests and watersheds. A new report, A Foreseeable Disaster: The European Union’s agroenergy policies and the global land and water grab,…
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