Other Articles and Publications
- Burning Public Money for Dirty Energy, GAIA, November 2011.
- More Jobs, Less Pollution, Recycling Works!, November 14, 2011. For full 54-page report, click here.
- The Burning Issues with Biomass by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network, November 2011.
- 127 Organizations, Including the Sierra Club, Oppose Incentives for Incineration, NC Central Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club, 1/22/11.
- IEA Stunner: Global Subsidies to Dirty Energy Top $550 Billion a Year, grist, June 7, 2010.
- Incinerators: Myths Vs. Facts, GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives), December 2010. A response to an ill-informed NYTimes article of April 12, 2010.
- Biomass Incineration Has “Unacceptable Health Risks” & Drives Up Health Care Costs, EnergyJustice.Net, June 2009.
- Stop Incinerators – North America – 2009 in Review, GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives), January 30, 2010.
- Letter Opposing Incineration to Congress from Valdosta, GA NAACP, September 23, 2010.
- Let There be LED’s, Union of Concerned Scientists, January 15, 2009.
- Going Green has become Tactical Necessity for U.S. Military, The Economist, December 12, 2009.
- China’s Middle-Class Rise Up in Environmental Protest (vs. rubbish incinerator), Telegraph.co.uk, November 23, 2009.
- Global Innovation Commons: A New Database of Patent-Free Technologies Will Make “Green Innovation” More Available to All, On the Commons, November 18, 2009.
- New Energy Economy Critiques Waxman-Markey Bill, June 6, 2009.
- New Study in Science Predicts Largescale Deforestation from Accounting Rules in Cap & Trade Bills, by Timothy D. Searchinger, Research Scholar at Princeton University, May 29, 2009.
- With Billions at Stake, Trying to Expand the Meaning of ‘Renewable Energy’ by Felicity Barringer, New York Times, May 24, 2009.
- Environment: Big Increases in Mercury & Other Toxic Releases, The Center for Public Integrity, March 19, 2009.
- Dangers of Industrial Produced Biofuels, Energy Justice Network, January 15, 2009.
- GAIA’s Statement of Concern on Waste & Climate Change, November 2008.
- Incinerators Trash Public Health Report, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, June, 2008.
- Recent References on Ambient Pollution & Human Health Effects, by Dr. Ian Greaves, Occupational & Environmental Health, Univ. of MN, July 2008.
- Stop Trashing the Climate, a report by ILSR, GAIA & Eco-Cycle for World Environment Day, June 5, 2008.
- Access “State of the Air Report: 2010″ by the American Lung Association.
- Find “Myths and Facts about Biofuels” by Organic Consumers Association at: http://www.organicconsumers.org/BiofuelsFacts5.pdf
- Dousing the Flames: Communities Unite Globally to Lock Out the Incinerator Industry A growing number of communities around the world are examining conventional notions of waste, and they want to reduce waste creation and mandate safer handling of waste.
- Health Effects of Waste Incinerators Waste incinerators should not be put in cities where air quality is already compromised and people are suffering health effects.
- National Movement to Stop Buying Energy from Garbage GrassRoots Recyling Network (GRRN) provides national leadership in the effort to promote Zero Waste and to stop labeling garbage incineration a “renewable” source of energy.
- Report Attacks World Bank for Backing Waste Incineration
- Philippines First Country in World to Ban Waste Incineration Nationwide, The Goldman Environmental Prize, 2003.
- Read about “Biomass Burning & Global Change” in NASA’s Environmental Science and Technology, March 1995, at http://science.larc.nasa.gov/biomass_burn/globe_impact.html
- Greenaction for Health & Environnmental Justice & Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) have produced current & detailed research documents on incineration.
- Incinerators In Disguise: Case Studies of Gasification, Pyrolysis, and Plasma in Europe, Asia, and the United States 4/06
- Gasification, Pyrolysis & Plasma Incineration Fact Sheet http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/Factsheet_IncinInDisgu…
- Thermoselect Gasification Incineration Reality Check Fact Sheet http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/Factsheet_Thermoselect…
- County Dumps Plan for Waste-to-Energy Plant at Buena Vista, Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 13, 2008.
- Santa Cruz County Unanimously Ends Project, Greenaction, November 18, 2008.