Category Archives: Environmental Opposition

CCGC Presentation to Gadsden County School Board on Gretna Biomass Incinerator

Posted on January 28, 2010 by jamesmaloy

James Maloy and Dr. Ron Saff, members of the Concerned Citizens of Gadsden County (CCGC) and Floridians Against Incinerators In Disguise presented information on the Gretna Biomass Incinerator to Gadsden County School Board. David Gardner, Director of the Gadsden County … Continue reading →

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PRESS RELEASE: Groups Oppose Tax Credits for Biomass Burning

Posted on January 27, 2010 by jamesmaloy

For immediate release: Contact: Attorney Margaret Sheehan, 508-259-9154, meg@ecolaw.biz or James Maloy, President – Concerned Citizens of Gadsden County, admin@biomess.us, 850-583-1017. A national coalition of 48 citizen and environmental groups including Concerned Citizens of Gadsden County today launched a nationwide … Continue reading →

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Gadsden County polluted by world's largest Biomass Incinerator in 1985

Posted on January 25, 2010 by jamesmaloy

The old saying about learning from history or being destined to repeat it holds true in our community. In 1985, Southern Electric International began construction on what was at the time the world’s largest Wood Fueled Fluidized Bed Biomass Incinerator … Continue reading →

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Not enough wood for GRU's furnace

Posted on December 30, 2009 by jamesmaloy

Published with permission of Dian Deevey, Chair, Alachua County Environmental Protection Advisory Committee, Gainesville, Florida Gainesville Sun Letters to the Editor – Published: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 In his Dec. 20 column, Ron Cunningham listed some of the reasons wood … Continue reading →

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Biomass Incineration – A case study in Massachussets

Posted on December 23, 2009 by jamesmaloy

By Mary S. Booth, PhD mbooth@massenvironmentalenergy.org I thought you might be interested to see the “Dear Congressman” factsheet I prepared back in April when I was in DC. Linking RECs from biomass to REAL carbon emissions is the last point … Continue reading →

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Massachusets Chapter of Sierra Club and Mass Audubon Announce Opposition to Biomass

Posted on December 22, 2009 by jamesmaloy

Mass Audubon Citing “significant concerns about greenhouse gas emissions and impacts to forests associated with large scale biomass use” Mass Audubon  released a public statement today opposing the permitting, construction, and operation of electric generation woody biomass facilities pending proposed … Continue reading →

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