JAN 12, 2019 | Joshua Vissers | The Mining Gazette The Summit Lake Wind Project proposed by RES would erect 50 wind turbines at the site.“We’re not against wind turbines. We’re not against renewable energy,” said Burt Mason, chairman for the Friends of the Huron Mountains (FOHM), a nonprofit group that formed around local concerns … Continue reading Wind farm opponents: Not against wind energy
Local Interest: BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?
Check This Out! The Local Warden Biofuel Plant is one of the featured plants and Local Residents appear in the movie BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal? A film by Alan Dater and Lisa Merton "BURNED tells the little-known story of the accelerating destruction of our forests for fuel, and probes the policy loopholes, huge subsidies, … Continue reading Local Interest: BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?
Pulp Fiction: The truth about clearing forests to burn for energy.
Cutting American Forests for Biofuel Pellets in Europe.
The False Promise of Mountaintop Industrial Wind
The False Promise of Mountaintop Industrial Wind Jonathan Carter | Forest Ecology Network The developers of mountaintop industrial wind are touting many promised benefits – from reduced greenhouse gas emissions, decreased dependence on fossil fuels, to a huge economic renaissance. These are all false promises spun to enhance public acceptance. In recent months as I … Continue reading The False Promise of Mountaintop Industrial Wind
Swedish blogger,beautifully explains how and why wind turbines are a threat to the forests and life in northern Sweden.
This Swedish blogger is worth watching. Get to know her in the first few minutes then see her reaction to the threatened destruction of a special place like our UP.
The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change Isn’t a Technology – Scientific American
The most powerful climate solution: FORESTS
Forests as a means for storing and reducing carbon.
U.S. Forest Resource Facts and Historical Trends August 2014 | Forest Service, FS-1035 Forests in the United States store an estimated 43,126 Tg carbon in live and dead biomass and soil organic matter. Forest ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Lake States have the greatest carbon density, often in excess of 200 megagrams per hectare. Forest Carbon and Biomass Forest ecosystems … Continue reading Forests as a means for storing and reducing carbon.
Trees and Dirt Part of the Climate Solution.
Part of the Answer to Climate Change May Be America’s Trees and Dirt, Scientists Say Nov. 14, 2018 | Josh Haner | The New York Times [excerpt} WASHINGTON — When people think of potential solutions to global warming, they tend to visualize technologies like solar panels or electric cars. A new study published on Wednesday, however, … Continue reading Trees and Dirt Part of the Climate Solution.
CO2 payback time for a wind farm on afforested peatland in the UK
Interesting study on Co2 and carbon payback. - The turbine data for this are much smaller and fewer, but does provide data on the increase in carbon payback time for forested lands. While it does show that there is eventually a payback over the loss 3-4 years instead of 6 months for non- forested lands, … Continue reading CO2 payback time for a wind farm on afforested peatland in the UK
Proposed wind farm in U.P. would be built on timberlands
Proposed wind farm in U.P. would be built on timberlands NOV 4, 2018 | TRACY SAMILTON | michiganradio.org Renewable Energy Systems hopes to build a 130 megawatt wind farm on privately owned timberlands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Summit Lake Wind Project would be able to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent … Continue reading Proposed wind farm in U.P. would be built on timberlands
Save The Huron Mountains 