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Biomass Moratorium Called for in Oregon
– by Save Our Rural Oregon Due to the Clean Air Act violations both Klamath Falls and Lakeview, Oregon have experienced this winter, Save Our Rural Oregon is requesting an emergency moratorium on proposed biomass and biofuels projects in both communities. Letters have been forwarded to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber,…
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Burlington, Vermont Ignores Biomass Emissions
It’s good news that IBM is helping Burlington, Vermont lower its impact on the climate. [“IBM Wants to Help Burlington Reduce Its Carbon Footprint,” Seven Days, March 27]. Unfortunately, the city’s refusal to fix glaring errors in its Climate Action Plan prevents an honest look at Burlington’s actual contributions to runaway global climate change. The Burlington…
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Biomass Battle Casts Spotlight on Environmental Justice
Sometimes what seems like defeat in the short term can actually turn out to be victory in the long run. One such case involves the opposition to the construction of Seneca Sawmill’s biomass power incinerator in Eugene, Oregon. While the facility fired up its smokestacks for the first time in 2011, the effort to educate…
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Study: Permanent Increase in Atmospheric CO2 from Biomass Energy
A new study out of Norway demonstrates what opponents of biomass energy have been saying for years: logging forests for bioenergy leads to a permanent increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Bjart Holtsmark’s study, “The outcome is in the assumptions: analyzing the effects on atmospheric CO2 levels of increased use of bioenergy from forest biomass,” published…
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Genetically Engineered Trees for Bioenergy Pose Major Threat to Southern Forests
Genetically Engineered Trees for Bioenergy Pose Major Threat to Southern Forests -by Global Justice Ecology Project In response to industry plans to develop eucalyptus plantations across the US South, environmental groups are raising serious concerns about the impacts of eucalyptus plantations on forests, rural communities, wildlife and the climate, especially if those trees are genetically engineered.…
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The Ohio Biomess
– by Nathan Johnson, Buckeye Forest Council News broke on January 30th that Todd Snitchler, chairman of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission (PUCO) was a keynote speaker at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) task-force meeting in April 2011. As many readers know, ALEC has been aggressively pushing for the repeal of renewable energy standards at state legislatures across the…
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Photos Show Whole Trees Burned for Biomass Power
Photos Show Whole Trees Burned for Biomass Power New evidence has emerged once again proving that biomass power incinerators burn whole trees—not just wood “residues”—for fuel. The photographs below (taken in December 2012) show thousands of trees stacked and awaiting the chipper at Hemphill Power and Light, a 14-megawatt biomass power incinerator in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.…
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Green Group Appeals California Biomass Proposal
Green Group Appeals California Biomass Proposal Center for Biological Diversity, a national nonprofit environmental organization based in Arizona, is appealing a December 2012 Placer County Planning Commission decision to adopt a conditional use permit and certify the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Cabin Creek Biomass Energy Facility. Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) alleges that the EIR for…
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The Cellulosic Myth
The Cellulosic Myth – by Brian Tokar [Excerpted from “Biofuels and the Global Food Crisis,” in Fred Magdoff and Brian Tokar, eds., Agriculture and Food in Crisis: Conflict Resistance, and Renewal, New York: MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS, 2010.] Logging for biomass energy in Vermont As concerns about agrofuels’ implications for food supplies and the environment have become…
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Electronic Map Tracks Logging for Biomass Energy
Electronic Map Tracks Logging for Biomass Energy The first and only electronic map tracking logging sites sourcing wood to a biomass energy facility has been released by Energy Justice Network, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization with field offices in Vermont, Pennsylvania and Oregon and Biofuelwatch, an international organization based in Vermont and the UK. McNeil Biomass Incinerator The…
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