Planners give thumbs-down to 237 million gallon a year Chesapeake Bay ethanol plant

In Virginia, planning commissioners recommended that the $400 million, 237 Mgy ethanol plant proposed for Chesapeake Bay area be denied.  The City Council vote on the International Bio Energy Virginia plant is scheduled for November.

The project had been in jeopardy since unfavorable environmental were published and local and regional political support waned. The Baltimore Sun published a report by the Chesapeake Bay Commission estimating that 5 million pounds of nitrogen would pour into Chesapeake Bay if the plant goes through, due to increased corn planting.

Environmental and neighborhood groups had been active in opposition, and the plant’s owners had hired top PR counsel to build public support.

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