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Riverside Eco-Park, in the pre-development phase, will be 10,000 square feet of business incubator/office space and 50,000 square feet of bioshelter (greenhouse) space. It will feature facilities for value- added food products, greenhouse space for organic agriculture, living machines for processing organic waste into viable products (fertilizer and fish food), and a fish farming facility. This innovative project will be built on Burlingtons Intervale, 700 acres of agricultural land with over 130 community garden plots, market gardens, community supported agriculture gardens, and a biomass research project. Next door is the McNeil Generating Plant, the countrys largest municipally owned wood-fired electric power plant. Its waste heat by-product (steam) will heat the Eco-Park facility, thus closing the energy loop. With a $1,020,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration in hand, the City of Burlington is issuing a Requests for Proposals for architecture, engineering, and other specialized tasks. Many businesses have expressed interest in leasing space in the Eco-Park. A local non-profit has funded a business feasibility study to formulate a tenant mix and appropriate design parameters. Contact Nick Warner, Community & Economic Development Office: nwarner@together.net Source: EIDP Update: [sorry this link is no longer available]
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The Canadian government is holding Parliamentary Hearings on the World Trade Organization and the potential new Free Trade Agreement of the Americas. Public hearings will be held across Canada, giving you an opportunity to shape measures to simultaneously improve the environment and trade in environmental goods and services. People who believe environmental protection and trade can co-exist need to be heard to balance those who advocate that protecting the environment impedes free trade. The Council of Canadians has prepared “The Trade (WTO/FTAA) Action Package” which has background information on trade and investment including the WTO and the FTAA. To make a presentation or request a hearing in your home city, contact Richard Dupuis, Clerk of the Standing Committee: 613-996-1540. For more information on these hearings, Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade (click on news releases, select 1999 and the relevant information is dated Feb. 8, 1999). FROM The Gallon Environment Letter
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The New Jersey utility restructuring law includes a Renewable Portfolio Standard of 3% by 2001, rising to 6.5% by 2012. A “benefits charge” on each kilowatt-hour of electricity sold begins in 2000 and continues for eight years, yielding $1 billion to support renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. 25 percent of this total is earmarked for renewable energy technologies. The law also includes a net metering provision and follows Colorado and California in its requirement that producers disclose a breakdown of its generating sources and environmentally-hazardous emissions associated with its fuel mix. Source: Sustainable Energy Coalition Weekly Update: kbossong@cais.com
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Long thought of as “great idea, but will never happen”, green taxes are coming closer to becoming reality. Now there’s an email newsletter that tracks them, “Environmental Tax News Update,” published by The Center for a Sustainable Economy. It reports on environment-related tax news from the local, state, federal, and international levels. Contact Scott Anders: sja@sustainableeconomy.org
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Several countries are experimenting with wave power – Scotland, UK, and Japan. Wave power prices have been cut almost by half since about 10 years ago, and governments are beginning to take a new look at the technology, which works in areas with jagged coastlines. Machines with names like Whiplash and Limpet will pioneer the commercial development of wave power in Britain and Scotland. Government approval guarantees a market and premium price for generators of green power plants during the costly start-up phase. Whiplash is a steel tube 100 metres long and 3.4 metres wide, with about 15 special joints. It is moored into the ocean floor and it undulates with the waves. Pumps inside each segment force oil down the pipe to a hydraulic motor. The motor drives a generator and the electricity moves through an undersea cable to shore. Two Whiplash machines, able to generate 750 kilowatts, will be installed a mile offshore. Dr. Yemm, 30, the inventor, says, “This is a very important start for wave power. We are starting to get the same support as wind power.” European Commission studies indicate that Britain could generate all its electricity from waves if .1 per cent of the […]
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A new group is in the formation stage: The Environmental Industry Coalition (EIC) of the United States. Its mission is to serve as a unified single voice for the environmental industry, to reinvigorate demand for environmental products and services domestically, and to enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. environmental industry in the global market. EIC will educate policy makers about the environmental industry. According to Bob Hurley, executive director, the industry consists of 33,000 corporations, employing 1.3 million people, with revenues of $187 billion, producing a $10 billion per year trade surplus. EIC’s immediate goals are: — Identify political leaders to act as national-level industry champions and other advocates in both major political parties, — Increase awareness of the environmental industry and our issues among policymakers and the public, — Gain better-coordinated government support for environmental exports — Promote policies that link production efficiency, economic competitiveness and environmental progress, establishing a market incentive for investment in continuous environmental improvement, Bob Hurley: bhurley@pghtech.org
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The International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements unveiled its accreditation seal at the Bio Fach organic trade conference in Nuremburg, Germany in February. The seal accredits certifying agencies in the same way certifiers accredit organic products. Three U.S. certifiers – Oregon Tilth, California Certified Organic Farmers and the Organic Growers and Buyers Association – are accredited thus far, with another six waiting for approval. IFOAM is promoting the seal as the world-wide standard for organic products and as a way to lower barriers to international trade. Source: Natural Foods Merchandiser
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What are the conservation records for newly elected members of Congress? The League of Conservation Voters profiles each member with a biographical sketch, election results, endorsement information environmental positions and votes. It has environmental ratings for key committee members too. For a printed copy: Contact Allison Clements [sorry this link is no longer available]
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What are the conservation records for newly elected members of Congress? The League of Conservation Voters profiles each member with a biographical sketch, election results, endorsement information environmental positions and votes. It environmental ratings for key committee members too. For a printed copy: Contact Allison Clements [sorry this link is no longer available]
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Western Power in West Australia is close to finalizing a green power option for customers from wind, biomass (tree plantation residues) and tidal power. It will be based on the successful New South Wales (NSW) initiative, Green Power, where customers pay a premium of 3 cents a kilowatt hour for renewable energy. The additional revenue will be used to develop further renewable energy sources. Almost 30,000 people in NSW opted for green power, representing .2 per cent of electricity sold in the State. The federal government targets an additional two percent from renewables by 2010, the equivalent of 50 wind farms.
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