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Biomass Gas & Electric Company announces a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) recently signed with Georgia Power to provide the utility with electric power. A 25-megawatt renewable energy plant will be built next to a construction wood waste landfill in a suburb north of Atlanta . The advanced technology BG&E is using follows a two-step…

[ Oregon ] Scientists looking at the aftermath of wildfires in the forests of southwestern Oregon and Northern California found that after five to ten years even the most severely burned areas had sprouted plentiful seedlings without any help from man. The scientific and political debate erupted after the 2002 Biscuit fire, which burned 500,000…

[ Mississippi ] Considering the many essential public values at stake, the Forestry and Conservation Titles of the Farm Bill should be amended to use a comparatively small amount of public dollars to invest in private lands that are worth billions and provide benefits to all. In addition to securing the nation’s food supply, the…

Minnesota And Wisconsin IATP’s Forestry program is working to create the conditions for sustainable utilization of woody biomass in Minnesota and Wisconsin . Our efforts are designed to put into practical implementation the principles of sustainability involving economic, ecological and community considerations. In 2005, IATP wrote and facilitated the passage of a Minnesota statute requiring…

[ South Carolina ] MeadWestvaco wants a national park-sized area of forests near Charleston developed into what it calls an environmentally friendly community. MeadWestvaco executives said they want to provide a model development in the 72,000-acre area, east of the Edisto River , that combats sprawl in the booming Charleston area. Some of the land…

[ Washington ] U.S. lumber producers may suffer a decline in earnings during the next year because of a reduction in new home construction, ratings company Standard & Poor’s said. “Earnings for wood product manufacturers are likely to be weak this year,” S&P said, without saying which companies are vulnerable. “A longer, deeper downturn in…

CCC and member groups fight to bring justice to the coalfields. Please take time to visit CCC’s blog: http://citizenscoalcouncil.org/cccblog/ and post your comments on coal mining issues. Please pass the blog link on to your friends and neighbors! CCC has recently received a request from Lisa Evans an Attorney for Earthjustice requesting that organizations sign…