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youtube.com - 3/17/2009

Biomass Plant (video)

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At Middlebury college in Vermont a new biomass plant is cutting the college's carbon footprint in half. The plant runs off of wood chips, which are then conv...

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biomassmagazine.com - 3/18/2009

Georgia Power to convert coal plant to wood biomass

— biomassmagazine.com — Georgia Power to convert coal plant to wood biomass... (more) Georgia Power to convert coal plant to wood biomass

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environmentalleader.com - 3/17/2009

Middlebury to be Carbon Neutral by 2016

— environmentalleader.com — Vermont’s Middlebury College is using biomass to reduce its carbon footprint and reach carbon neutrality within seven... years. (more) Middlebury to be Carbon Neutral by 2016

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theenergycollective.com - 3/18/2009

Zero Emissions?

— theenergycollective.com — The other day I ran across reports of a curious event, in which the Attorney General of... the state of Vermont convinced Entergy , which owns or operates 11 of the nation's 104 active nuclear power plants , to back away from characterizing nuclear power as having zero emissions. Technically, of ... (more) Zero Emissions?

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Middlebury to be Carbon Neutral by 2016
Environmental Leader — March 17, 2009 Middlebury to be Carbon Neutral by 2016 Vermont’s Middlebury College is using biomass to reduce its carbon footprint and reach carbon neutrality within seven years.

Middlebury College Uses Biomass Gasification to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2016 (Video Clip)
TreeHugger — Considering that Middlebury College in Vermont is in a state known for its environmental awareness, and that one of the green movement's most outspoken advocates, Bill McKibben, is on staff, it's n... ...

Wood chips wean Middlebury from foreign oil
ReGeneration — Hi-tech biomass gassification plant will cut Middlebury College’s CO2 emissions by 40%. Many northeastern states rely on oil for heating and electricity. With the ever-increasing quantity of foreign oil imports (now more than 2/3 of U.S. oil is imported) and the enormous greenhouse gas emissions associated with oil consumption, one college campus decided to wean itself from the black gold.Middlebury College, after setting a very ambitious goal — carbon zero by 2016 — worked with Bill McKibben over eight years to ...