Georgia-biomass

EPA Holds Piedmont Green Power Accountable for Air Pollution

The Piedmont biomass plant burns hundreds of thousands of tons of wood, but doesn’t ensure fuels are uncontaminated and doesn’t test for hazardous air pollutants

Air Pollution, All posts, Georgia

PFPI petitions EPA to overturn permit for Piedmont Green Power, a 60.5 MW biomass plant in Georgia

The facility, which received millions in federal clean energy funding, has a “Don’t ask don’t tell” policy for fuel contamination

Air Pollution, All posts, Georgia, States

Not the “clean energy” we had in mind

Lithonia, GA and Manchester, UK, are facing polluting, high-emissions biomass power plants sold as “green” power, even though air pollution is already at unhealthy levels.

Air Pollution, All posts, Carbon emissions, Georgia, International, States