Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
If you do not think that there is a movement beginning, you are wrong!
A little town very close to me here in deep East Texas, Lindale, has decided
they need to develop some opportunities to grow the city. They are now working
with Decker Energy International, Inc., a Florida based privately held company,
to assist them in building a 35-50 megawatt wood-fired biomass power plant.
This plant will have 25 full time jobs. Along with more jobs to build it. Yeah!
The proposed site is 43 acres that is currently owned by the Lindale Economic
Development Corporation (LEDC) which will also be part of the Lindale
Industrial Park. This project will cost the city about $130 million. (more…)
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
The Forests of the Earth are the lungs of the planet. Today we need them more
than ever to breath in and absorb the excess emissions of carbon dioxide.
As CO2 levels in the atmosphere are rising, the forests of the world are falling.
20,000 square miles, the size of W. Virginia are lost every year due to
deforestation. Which accounts for a forth of all excess green house emissions.
We need to reverse the cycle. To replace the worlds disappearing forests, we
need to replant an area twice the size of Manhattan every single day. Today’s (more…)
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