Press Release: Groups Call for End to Taxpayer Subsidies for Biomass Saying It Is “Dirty Energy”

FOR Immediate Release, July 12, 2011

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Tallahassee, Florida: A group of health, clean air, civil rights, and fiscal responsibility groups announced today their concerns about the continued use of taxpayer and ratepayer subsidies for biomass combustion power projects being promoted as “clean renewable energy.”  The network includes Gulf Citizens for Clean Renewable Energy, the NAACP, American Lung Association in Florida, Florida League of  Conservation Voters, and Floridians Against Incinerators in Disguise. Continue reading