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Greenfield Biomass Info was created for those who are concerned about how Madera Energy's Pioneer Renewable  Energy biomass power plant would affect our air, water, forests and community. 
Click on the words at  the top of the page to find out more.
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You are listening to "Biomess," written and performed by Greenfield's own award-winning Tom Neilson.

Petition to Rescind Town Council's Vote on Waste Water Sale a Huge Success!!
Thank you to the volunteers and the signers.  Watch the story here.

Concerned about what's in the water that will cool the biomass plant?  The EPA is concerned about drugs and chemicals in water, too.  See the Boston Globe story here.  

The Massachusetts Medical Society, the same group that publishes the New England Journal of Medicine, announces their opposition to biomass plants due to unacceptable health risks.  See story here.


Would you like to contribute?

Your anonymous contribution will help pay for the legal fees and continued outreach to the public.

Please make your check payable to: 

CCFC

P. O. Box 653

Greenfield, MA  01302

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Or, if you would like your gift to be tax deductible, you can make your check out to "NEGEF," our fiscal agent.  Please put "CCFC" in the memo and mail it to the same address.  Your contribution is confidential.

Thank you to all of you who've already donated!  This is what you're saying:

"Thank you to those who are working hard to stop the biomass plant.  Here is a contribution to help your efforts.  We pray that you are successful for the health of humanity, the forests and the planet."  - L.G. & J. M. (Amherst)

"Apparently the huge outpouring of opposition wasn't obvious to our town officials.  Please use this donation to make it obvious to the whole state..."  -  A.M. (Greenfield)

"I am mailing my check today because I believe in what we are doing..."  -  S.J. (Erving)

"I can't believe that the educated people in this area would even consider a smaller biomass power plant!  Calling it a "co-op" doesn't make it any more acceptible."  - R.C. (Greenfield)

"You and the members of CCFC are doing so much.  We certainly hope that all your work will pay off in the end."  - R. & B. C. (Greenfield)

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Get your FREE lawn signs and bumper stickers at Tire Warehouse, 291 Federal St, Greenfield.  Donations gladly accepted!

Visit the Enviroshow blog and listen to their "Biomess" podcasts at:  http://envirosho.blogspot.com/

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Look at what the experts have said to the ZBA:

Whether it's a 47 megawatt plant or "just" an 18 megawatt facility, there is nothing green nor clean about it.  We don't need it and we don't want it!
What You Should Know . . .

* Did you know that the American Lung Association already gives our area an "F" for air quality?
* This power plant would burn 500,000 tons of wood a year & release 1 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.  It puts out 1.5 times as much CO2 as the Mt. Tom coal-fired plant per megawatt of power produced.  This plant will add .3% of electricity to the Massachusetts grid and will operate at 25% efficiency.
* The air pollution from Nitrogen Oxide and volatile organic compounds (two ingredients in ground level ozone) and fine particulate matter affects our health, especially is we are young, old, or have lung or heart problems.  It is associated with lung disease and cancer.
*  This plant would provide less than .3% electricity to the grid.
*  This project will use treated sewer effluent as coolant and 80% will be evaporated into the air.  Nearby residents will be exposed to whatever pharmaceuticals, household cleaners and other toxic substances are in the potentially contaminated air.
* Your tax dollars will subsidize this project.  The developer of the power plant will get $60 million of taxpayer money within 3 weeks of finishing the project.  Then the developer will sell it, most likely to an investment fund, and will leave town.
* This project affects all of Franklin County, not just Greenfield.
Does this sound good to you?

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We can do Better than Biomass!

One Block Off the Grid 

Updating the Grid

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Put It Into Perspective!
Click here for an aerial view of the 50 MW McNeil Power Station...
similar in size to the proposed Greenfield & Russell plants
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Click here for the Madera Energy Environmental Notification Application

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