Time for some recent news about the environment, don’t you think?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just charged a pair of Californian biomass plants with one of the largest air pollution penalties in recent years.
For those unaware, biomass plants are basically the better solution to wood waste burning methods. They’re definitely safer and less damaging than agricultural burning activities performed in open fields.
There are, of course, numerous restrictions as well as other rules and regulations set by the EPA and local agencies to ensure that biomass plants continue doing what they do best, and that’s not to add to air pollution problems while generating much-needed electricity for power-hungry cities and farms.
Unfortunately, Boston-based Global Ampersand allegedly hasn’t been able to live up to expectations. San Joaquin Valley’s Air Pollution Control District had discovered that the company was committing various air pollution violations from 2008 – 2010, for which it was fined by the EPA last February 11, 2011 (they must hate the number 11 now, don’t you think?). READ MORE »
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