Biomass Lease Terminated by Jasper Clean Energy in Indiana

- by Matthew Crane, April 21, 2014. Source: Dubois County Free Press

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"179","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 366px; height: 325px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;","title":"Photo: Dubois County Free Press"}}]]Dr. Norma Kreilein, her husband, Mike, Alec Kalla and Rock Emmert were all in session during the Jasper Utility Service Board (USB) meeting Monday night — the eve of Earth Day — when it was announced that Jasper Clean Energy would be terminating the lease to create a biomass power plant in Jasper.

John Rudolf, a freelance writer covering a story for Notre Dame Magazine about Dr. Kreilein — a Notre Dame alumni — and her organization’s battle against the City of Jasper for the past two-and-a-half years, sat by himself in the public seating. Rudolf’s pedigree includes the New York Times and Huffington Post, where his stories gravitated towards environmental and political issues.