RYAM's Proposed Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
Sierra Club's statement on RYAM’s proposed cellulosic ethanol plant.
The momentum is real, but the fight is not over, we need your help.
Nassau County Sierra Group is opposing RYAM’s proposal to build an ethanol plant on the Rayonier property in the City.
RYAM’s proposal is to produce 7.5 million gallons of high quality ethanol per year. This is to create a bio-fuel that will be used to make the European airline industry sustainable. A good idea for the future, however when production is being sited within the densely populated community of Fernandina Beach it is not a good idea for ‘our future’.
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Ethanol in Our Backyard
Nassau County Sierra Club has been involved in the ethanol question since February of 2024. In March, Sierra took a lead role in creating the Townhall that took place at Sadler Ranch. Julie Ferreira, Nassau Sierra's chairperson moderated.
Citizens Forming Up to Fight Bioethanol Plant
Can David defeat Goliath one more time? A band of 150 hopeful citizens packed a Fernandina Beach country-western themed auditorium Monday with aspirations of kick-starting an opposition movement to corporate giant Rayonier Advanced Materials' (RYAM) plans to operate a bioethanol plant at its Gum Street complex.
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Statement on proposed Rayonier
As many of you have heard, a top priority for the Nassau County Sierra Group is opposing Rayonier’s proposal to build an ethanol plant on their property in the City. Ethanol, as renewable biofuel, is a good idea for America’s future however when being sited within the densely populated community of Fernandina Beach it is not a good idea for ‘our future’.
Read the full proposal here.