Activists Battle Longview Fiber over Highly Polluting Biomass Plant

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Longview Fibre and activists battle over biomass
Longview Daily News
Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging officials say their 54-megawatt biomass
energy expansion also would reduce air pollution and the company's carbon
footprint, plus make the mill more competitive. But the project's leading
opponent, No Biomass Burn, ...
http://tdn.com/news/local/article_5f8cde60-9f99-11e0-a960-001cc4c03286.html




Biomass shows promise for helping fill energy needs
Herald and News
Woody biomass is the general term for byproducts from forest management
projects - limbs, tops, needles, leaves and other scrap waste. After forest
restoration projects on federal land, this waste has traditionally been put
in piles to rot or be burned ...
http://www.heraldandnews.com/viewpoints/article_0f8689be-9fb9-11e0-8036-001cc4c03286.html


NH steel company files for bankruptcy protection
Boston Globe
Last month, company president Steve Griffin took out full-page ads in New
Hampshire newspapers urging that plans for a proposed biomass plant in
Berlin move ahead. He had opposed an appeal against the project by a group
of wood-fired power plants, ...
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2011/06/25/nh_steel_company_files_for_bankruptcy_protection/


Palmer Renewable Energy seeking millions from Springfield for revocation
MassLive.com
SPRINGFIELD -- Palmer Renewable Energy has filed a multimillion-dollar
lawsuit against the city of Springfield following last month's vote by the
City Council to revoke the energy development firm's permit to build a
biomass plant in East Springfield. ...
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/palmer_renewable_energy_seekin.html


Landowners show interest in biomass program
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Since last week, his days have been a blur of taking telephone calls,
meeting with landowners, drinking coffee with them and explaining the
benefits of the federal Biomass Crop Assistance Program. USDA last week
announced that Project Area 5, ...
http://www.istockanalyst.com/business/news/5253932/landowners-show-interest-in-biomass-program

Major changes for Focus on Energy program
Madison.com
But a new freeze on cash payments from Focus on Energy for renewable
projects for businesses could dry up solar, wind and biomass installations
elsewhere in Wisconsin. MP KING – State Journal Focus on Energy, a
statewide program that promotes energy ...
http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/article_e31b7a48-064c-5d15-b6ca-09abaee68fbf.html


HETAS Inspector
Thisisgloucestershire
HETAS is an independent Registration and Approvals Body for the solid fuel,
wood and biomass industry. Based in our offices near Cheltenham, the role
involves co-ordinating and undertaking routine, pre-registration and
complaint inspections for the ...
http://jobs.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.pl?selection=939204404


Boosting solar energy in Tanzania
The Citizen Daily
The source of almost all renewable forms of energy such as direct solar
energy, biomass energy, wind energy and hydropower is the sun. Tanzania has
a very good potential for power generation from renewable energy sources.
http://thecitizen.co.tz/sunday-citizen/43-sunday-citizen-opinion-editorial/12257-boosting-solar-energy-in-tanzania.html

India's solar mission visionary: Australian report
TwoCircles.net
Current rules also preclude hybridization with biomass or fossil plants,
the report says, pointing out that "the opportunity to provide solarised or
solar enhanced fossil or biomass hybrids is one which could improve peak
supply in the Indian power ...
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1217452611