www.nobiomassburn.org is the place to go for all your Biomassacre needs. why is Mason County, Washington mad as hell? For two years the Australian company ADAGE LLC, had been working behind closed doors to bring their masive wood-burning stove on line. Think 600 thousand tons of wood a year. And Presto! The plant is a done deal. But Environmental Justice is everybody's business. In the end, biomass is much more than a bad idea masquerading as "clean energy". It is a give-away to agribusiness that wants forests converted into tree farms, the pharmaceutical/chemical conglomerates that are ready to provide pesticides and herbicides and the genetic engineering industry with its 'FrankenForests' bursting out of their test tubes.
And in occupied Palestine, a burn of another sort is smoldering: Israel adamantly refuses to submit its attack on the Freedom Flotilla to international scrutiny. And no wonder: war crimes were committed. But then war crimes are committed by Israel on a daily basis. The blockade of Gaza itself is a war crime. The Gaza Commission is better characterized as an 'Omission'. And Hilary Clinton, speaking on behalf of America, is going to sign off on Israel's "investigation". But - as the saying goes - 'The whole world is watching' and as long as Israel persecutes the Palestinian people, the Western World will be watching its back. That's what guilt does to you...
- KBOO