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- ‘The air is bad’: Mainers support new limits on power plant emissions (8/6/14)
PORTLAND — Dr. Tony Owens stood before a federal environmental regulator Wednesday and described his most recent shift in the emergency department at Maine Medical Center.
- Wood pellet boiler industry pushes changes for new heating systems (4/25/14)
PORTLAND, Maine — In a nondescript warehouse on Presumpscot Street, around a dozen high-tech wood pellet boilers arrived this week from Denmark aboard a ship from Iceland, bound for installation in Maine.
- Environmental Journal: Putting a value on Providence’s 415,000 trees (4/12/14)
A recently released study found that Providence’s trees, which cover nearly a quarter of the city, are worth $582 million and provide $4.7 million in annual environmental benefits.
- New England power pollution drops 21% (4/8/14)
The amount of greenhouses gases emitted by New England's power plants dropped 21 percent from 2001 to 2012, according to electric grid administrator ISO New England.
- Bucksport mill one of dozens of ‘dirty’ biomass plants, environmental group claims (4/2/14)
BUCKSPORT, Maine — The local Verso Paper mill is one of dozens of biomass-burning facilities in 25 states that an environmental energy policy organization says creates more pollution than modern coal plants.
- Concord (NH) hearing gives the public a chance to comment on EPA Clean Power Plan (7/28/14)
Because of climate change, New Hampshire’s moose population is struggling – fighting a longer tick season and higher quantities of parasites – and over the past decade it has declined more than 40 percent, said Eric Orff, a New Hampshire wildlife biologist. That’s why Orff said he supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent proposal to cut carbon emissions.
- Public-private partnership sees a big future for N.H. wood (4/17/14)
When it comes to heating your New Hampshire home or business, a new industry group wants you to forget natural gas and other fossil fuels and switch to a renewable heating source growing abundantly right here in New Hampshire: wood.
- Editorial (ME): New EPA wood stove standards? Sure, but get them right (4/11/14)
The next time you think about getting the wood stove going, check to see what the stove’s emission limit is. Odds are the stove is old, and the number of grams of smoke per hour it emits isn’t as low as it could be
- Environmental group’s report comes under fire after citing Bucksport mill as one of dozens of ‘dirty’ biomass plants (4/6/14)
BUCKSPORT, Maine — In the wake of a report publicly released April 2 about biomass-burning power generators, some are criticizing the report and others are defending the use of biofuels as a comparatively “clean” and sustainable technology
- Bucksport mill one of dozens of ‘dirty’ biomass plants, environmental group claims (4/2/14)
BUCKSPORT, Maine — The local Verso Paper mill is one of dozens of biomass-burning facilities in 25 states that an environmental energy policy organization says creates more pollution than modern coal plants.