12/11/2009
RPS Approval Suspension
Broad opposition to biomass power in Massachusetts has prompted the state to commission a study to determine woody biomass's sustainability and carbon neutrality as an energy generating feedstock.

12/03/2009
How biomass stacks up for New England
Biomass is already thriving in Franklin County. Wood pellets sell throughout the county even as stacks of cordwood grow higher and longer. That's all biomass. It's already popular...even though wood stoves aren't as clean and healthy as a high tech and highly monitored biomass power plant.

10/29/2009
State should decide biomass issue
Country Journal Editorial says "state should decide biomass issue" to overcome "accusations" and "spin" by biomass opponents.

07/23/2009
Biomass impact on forests
"Why would anyone in their right mind take a tree worth a thousand dollars as a sawlog, and instead chip it up into twenty-five dollars worth of biomass?"

06/08/2009
Common sense rears its head
Last week's report that more than 50 residents have signed the RussellFIRST! petition supporting plans to build a 50 megawatt power plant shows that there are people, in town who don't want to be stampeded into blocking a facility that will provide jobs and millions of dollars in taxes.

05/18/2009
Put biomass in the mix
If done sustainably, says the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Conservation Law Foundation, generating electricity from biomass can dramatically reduce global warming emissions by displacing coal or other fossil fuels.