Quantcast
Channel: Energy Justice Network - energy
Browsing all 21 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Radioactive Spikes from Nuclear Plants a Likely Cause of Childhood Leukemia

- by Dr. Ian Fairlie, EcologistOn 23rd August, The Ecologist published very clear evidence of increased cancers among children living near nuclear power stations around the world, including the UK.The...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Save America's Forests and Wild Lands from Anti-Environmental Congress

The logging, grazing, mining and other extractive industries are mounting an intense attack on our nation's public lands.  The December 2014 lame duck session of Congress saw an ugly brew of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Reject the Exelon Takeover of Pepco

Energy Justice Network testified in D.C. against Exelon energy corporation's takeover of Pepco, electric service provider to Washington, D.C. and Maryland.  This takeover is a bad deal for the District...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Shuttered Claremont, New Hampshire Incinerator to Reopen

- by Patrick O’Grady, April 15, 2015, Valley NewsThe shuttered Wheelabrator incinerator on Grissom Lane was sold at auction Tuesday for $1.63 million, with the buyer saying he plans to use it to burn...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Chinese Incinerator Plan Cancelled After Thousands Join Protests

- by Mimi Lau, April 9, 2015, South China Morning PostA western Guangdong city has cancelled a plan to build an incinerator that prompted a protest - of up to 10,000 people on some accounts - during...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Solar Generation May Sideline Biomass Heating

[Note: this article is written by long-time wood stove cheerleader, John Ackerly.  It's nice to see him admitting that his wood-burning dreams are about to be dashed by solar power.  Energy Justice...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Are Media Outlets Megaphones for Polluters? | Biomass Truth Conference Call

Are Media Outlets Megaphones for Polluters? | Biomass Truth Conference Call  Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 5pm PST / 8 ET Guest Speaker: Steve Horn, Investigative JournalistAre media outlets doing an...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Media Bias for Biomass Energy? | May issue of The Biomass Monitor

“In the merry month of May, I was taken by surprise”…by the May issue of The Biomass Monitor -- the nation’s leading publication covering the health and environmental impacts of biomass energy!Inside...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Remembering Marvin Wheeler

- by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network (The Biomass Monitor - June 2015) When we formed Allentown Residents for Clean Air (ARCA) in 2012, we couldn't have kicked it off without Marvin Wheeler, who...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Biomass Monitor

The Biomass Monitor monthly newsletter is the nation's leading publication covering the health and environmental impacts of "biomass" energy.Current Issue: Media Bias for Biomass Energy? [May 2015] The...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

AUDIO: Honoring the Environmental Movement’s Fallen Heroes | The Biomass...

Honoring the Environmental Movement’s Fallen Heroes | The Biomass Monitor Conference Call (June 2015)Any of us who have worked to try to make the world a better place hopes to have made a difference...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Transform Don't Trash NYC

- by Gavin Kearney (Environmental Justice Director, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest) & Eddie Bautista (Executive Director, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance)New York City’s...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

When Zero Waste is Environmental Racism

- by Kaya Banton, Chester Environmental Justice My name is Kaya Banton and I have been a resident of Chester, Pennsylvania all of my life.  Chester is a small city right outside of Philadelphia known...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

If You Build It, They Will Cut

- by Josh Schlossberg, The Biomass MonitorGenerating biomass energy doesn’t result in more logging, according to the biomass industry, whose spokespersons claim facilities only make use of “waste” wood...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

AUDIO: Energy's Water Footprint in the Western Drought

Drought in the western U.S. is in the news every day, yet most media coverage ignores the impact from water withdrawals for industrial power facilities. While municipal and agricultural use are major...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Eviction of Mobile Home Park for Fracking Water

- by Alex Lotorto, Energy Justice Network Riverdale Mobile Home Park was located on the Susquehanna River in Piatt Township, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania. Residents were ordered to leave the park in...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Water Abuse in the Fracking Process

- by Alex Lotorto, Energy Justice NetworkWater is used in shale gas development from cradle to grave, however, most people don't think about it beyond the issues of groundwater contamination.Procuring...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Biomass Power Facilities Idle for Months

- by Josh Schlossberg, The Biomass MonitorOne of biomass energy’s main selling points is that it’s a baseload source of energy available 24/7, unlike solar and wind. Despite these promises--and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Families Get $4 Million For Fracking Water Contamination

In March, a federal jury awarded a total of $4.2 million to two families from Dimock, Pennsylvania whose drinking water wells have been contaminated by Cabot Oil and Gas when drilling for natural gas....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Waste Done Right

- by Ruth Tyson, Energy Justice Network In 2012, Americans disposed of 251 million tons of trash, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Story of Stuff Project neatly lays out...

View Article
Browsing all 21 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images