Biomass discrimination claim could prove challenging

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Burlington Electric’s McNeil station in Burlington, Vt., featured a biomass-gasification demonstration project that has since been completed. (Photo by Dave Parsons, courtesy of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory). At right, Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor meets with other opponents of a proposed biomass gas electric plant in Tallahassee. By Bruce Ritchie Florida’s first biomass electric …

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DEP grants hearings against renewable energy plant

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By Bruce Ritchie The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to hearing requests for five more legal challenges against Florida’s first biomass gas electric plant. Some environmentalists tout the proposed Biomass Gas & Electric plant in Tallahassee as a green energy alternative. Gov. Charlie Crist has described the company’s technology of producing gas from …

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Florida communities vie to help seafood industry

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By Bruce Ritchie Twelve Florida communities have applied for grants under a new program that was created to help the state’s struggling seafood industry. The 12 communities are requesting more than $28 million for projects, but only $7.5 million is available this year under the new “working waterfronts” program, according to the Florida Department of …

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