Tag Archives: Elmira Independent

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

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Woolwich Bio-en to start up in January 2014

Thanx to Alan Marshall for the heads-up: Yesterday’s Elmira Independent (not on-line yet) has the following story “Biogas plant to begin operation in January”. Essentially Gail Martin’s story chronicles the hurdles that the Bio-Gas plant has faced to date as … Continue reading

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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

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Summary of yesterday’s Public Meeting

The public meeting began at about 7:45 as planned. There were about 60 adults and children in attendance – good we thought, given that it was raining pretty hard through most of the time. We were under a roof so … Continue reading

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What’s wrong with the Green Energy Act?

The Woolwich Bio-en plant that now seems unstoppable for North Elmira is a particularly egregious example of what is wrong with the current Green Energy Act. None of its neighbours want the plant, and there is a good argument to be made that it is very bad for Elmira. Continue reading

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Bad news

the MoE doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the people in Elmira Continue reading

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MOE approves Bio-En (via The Independent)

I just received this message from The Independent through Twitter: Woolwich Bio-En biogas plant received approval from MOE today. See story in this week’s Elmira Independent. There does not seem to be an article on The Elmira Independent Web site … Continue reading

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