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Dominion Given Award for Tree Planting While Company Gears Up to Burn Trees for Electricity

May 15th, 2012 by Scot Quaranda

On April 28th, the Arbor Day Foundation awarded Dominion Power’s Project Plant It! one of its 2012 Arbor Day Awards. The irony here of course is that while Dominion is planting trees and reportedly “sparking a love of trees in children,” the company is gearing up for the wholesale burning of forests for electricity… Read More»


Environmental Groups Sue to Stop EPA’s Free Pass for Biomass Polluters

August 23rd, 2011 by Scot Quaranda

A group of environmental groups filed a lawsuit to prevent EPA from giving a free pass to biomass utilities to pollute at will… Read More»


A good summer internship can be a life changing experience

August 11th, 2011 by Scot Quaranda

A reflection on her summer internship focused on the community and health impacts of woody biomass by Chongyang Du. Read More»


Standing in the Deep Woods After a Long Satisfactory Rain

July 25th, 2011 by Scot Quaranda

A piece by acclaimed writer and Dogwood Alliance board member Gary Phillips contemplating the energy in nature and the need to leave it there not extract it… Read More»