Elmira Biogas in the News- Opinion | Community energy's time has come in Waterloo Region - TheRecord.com 9 December 2020
- Dysart chews on organic waste management - Haliburton County Echo 17 November 2020
- Elmira bypass a key part of revitalizing the core - OBSERVER - ObserverXtra 12 November 2020
- Biogas plant operator expects little impact from approved changes - OBSERVER - ObserverXtra 12 November 2020
- Taking their Stuffin' Stockings campaign virtual this Christmas - OBSERVER - ObserverXtra 12 November 2020
- What the death of Ontario's green energy dream can teach other provinces about the challenges ahead - The Globe and Mail 1 June 2020
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Biogas news from Twemlow and Goostrey
Here are a couple of news stories about biogas plants in England, from the Twemlow and Goostrey no to waste plant web site. I wonder when we’ll see similar stories coming out of Elmira. Map Digestate spreading banned due to … Continue reading
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Tagged banned, catastrophic failure, digestate, explosive, foul smells, gas, Odour, Poplars at Cannock, risk, Twemlow and Goostrey
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Woolwich Council Rejects CLC Funding
The Observer reports that Woolwich Council has turned down funding for the Bio-en Community Liaison Committee (CLC). The agreement reached by Bio-en and the Elmira Bio-Fuel Citizens’ Committee (the appellants in the appeal against the MoE approval of the biogas … Continue reading
Posted in Appeal, Citizen's Liaison Committee, Fundraising, News, Politics, Woolwich Township Council
Tagged advice, bfcc, BFCC-Appeal, Biogas, engineering, Environmental Review Tribunal, funds, juggernaut, letter of credit, money, public, scientific, technical, toothless, Township of Woolwich, watchdog, Woolwich Bio-En, Woolwich Council, Woolwich Observer
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Elmira Independent on Todd Cowan
The Elmira Independent had a couple of articles last week about Woolwich mayor Todd Cowan’s comments on Bio-En and the provincial government. First, the report on the Council meeting: Woolwich mayor critical of provincial handling of Elmira biogas project Woolwich … Continue reading
Posted in Location, News, Politicians, Todd Cowan, Woolwich Township Council
Tagged Bio-en, Conestoga Rovers, construction, criticism, done deal, Elmira Independent, Gail Martin, Green Energy, irresponsible, location, Mayor, provincial government, re-location, Todd Cowan, Woolwich Council, Woolwich Observer
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Biogas: social opposition in Europe and beyond
Italian writer Michele Corti writes about the anti-biogas movements around Europe in the blog Sgonfia il Biogas (“Deflate the Biogas”). The original article is in Italian, but there is an English translation called Widespread opposition to biogas plants and greend … Continue reading
Posted in Discussion, News
Tagged Bio-en, Biogas, cynical, Elmira, Elmira Independent, greed, green, Italian, Italy, Michele Corti, Mississauga, Norfolk, Oakville, opposition, politics, RAGE, Residents Against Greed Economy, sgonfia biogas, translation
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Sustainability forum focuses on collaboration
Sustainability Networking Forum on Saturday, April 20 at Kitchener City Hall in the rotunda from 9 a.m. until noon Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Public Awareness
Tagged Brian Scott, City of Kitchener, collaboration, environment, environmental advisory committee, environmental group, forum, grassroots, Kitchener, Kitchener City Hall, media release, presentation, Sustainability Networking Formum, Yvonne Fernandes
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Ontario’s FIT program just got a lot more expensive
The political cost of green energy: Ontario’s FIT program local content requirement violate WTO’s rules. Continue reading
Posted in News, Politics
Tagged agreement, bio-waste, Biogas, cost, decision, domestic, equipment, EU, European Union, Feed In Tariff, FIT, GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Green Energy, Green Energy Act, Green Engergy and Economy Act, international, Japan, Lexology, local content, manufacturing, Ontario, Province of Ontario, services, tariff, World Trade Organization, WTO
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Biogas Waste Contaminates Honey
Beekeepers in northeastern France have been alarmed to find their bees producing honey in unnatural shades of green and blue
because of a biogas plant close by.
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Tagged BBC, beekeeper, bees, Biowaste, blue, BoingBoing, contamination, Elmira, environment, France, honey, M&M, pollution
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