The Biomass Monitor

Bill McKibben was a big supporter of biomass energy for years but has since come out against biomass electricity (one form of it).

In this clip from Episode 14 of the Green Root Podcast, Mike Ewall with Energy Justice Network--a group that works with communities to oppose biomass proposals--publicly asks McKibben to help stop a facility at Dartmouth College.

Activist Asks Bill McKibben to Help Stop Biomass Facility Clip from Green Root Podcast #14 where Mike Ewall, director of Energy Justice Network, asks prominent environmentalist Bill McKibben to help stop a biomass f...

UPDATED: Bioenergy Industry Fires and Explosions

"The most recent bioenergy-related accident occurred on August 8, 2018 when recycled wood ignited in an industrial hopper at E.ON’s Blackburn Meadows biomass power facility in Tinsley, UK."

[EXCLUSIVE] Bioenergy Industry Fires and Explosions Fires and/or explosions have occurred at over 50 industrial bioenergy facilities and storage areas over the last fifteen years, resulting in multiple injuries and nine deaths, based on research fro…

EPA Proposes Rule to Replace Clean Power Plan

- by Erin Voegele, August 21, 2018, Biomass Magazine

"On Aug. 21, the U.S. EPA released a proposed rule to create the Affordable Clean Energy program, which aims to establish emissions guidelines for states to develop plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing coal-fired power plants."

[NEWS] EPA Proposes Rule to Replace Clean Power Plan – by Erin Voegele, August 21, 2018, Biomass Magazine On Aug. 21, the U.S. EPA released a proposed rule to create the Affordable Clean Energy program, which aims to establish emissions guideli…

Tucson, Arizona Looking at Biomass Power Generation

- by David Wichner, July 2, 2018, Arizona Daily Star

"After boosting its solar power generation and adding wind-energy projects in recent years, Tucson Electric Power Co. is looking at biomass generation from burning wood or other organic matter."

[NEWS] Tucson, Arizona Looking at Biomass Power Generation – by David Wichner, July 2, 2018, Arizona Daily Star After boosting its solar power generation and adding wind-energy projects in recent years, Tucson Electric Power Co. is looking at biomass…