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Nebraska Public Media Documentary Shares The Story of Troubled AltEn Ethanol Plant


Aug. 4, 2021, 11 a.m. ·
The Smell of Money: Mead, Nebraska s Fight For Its Future airs on Nebraska Public Media at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 4. Graphic by Lisa Craig, Nebraska Public Media
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An investigative radio documentary produced by Nebraska Public Media News reveals how residents of one community are putting up a big fight to save their tiny village from pollution. “The Smell of Money: Mead, Nebraska’s Fight for Its Future” airs on radio at 7 p.m. CT, Wednesday, Aug. 4 and 9 a.m. CT, Friday, Aug. 6. Nebraska Public Media Morning Edition host Jackie Ourada discusses the documentary with reporter Christina Stella. ....

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Mead unanimously votes to revoke ethanol plant's permit


Mead unanimously votes to revoke ethanol plant’s permit
Kelli Kellogg
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The Mead Board of Trustees will discuss and take public testimony at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2021, on whether to revoke AltEn’s conditional-use permit for the operation of an ethanol plant in Saunders County.
MEAD, Neb. (WOWT) - After hearing from the public Tuesday night, the board for the Village of Mead voted unanimously to revoke the conditional-use permit for the AltEn ethanol plant.
Much of the 30 minutes of debate ahead of the 5-0 vote was whether to suspend or revoke the permit.
The plant had been under scrutiny for using seed corn covered in pesticides and stockpiling the residue on-site. Some residents have said contamination from the plant is making them and their pets sick. ....

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With questions about cleanup unsettled, Mead officials table decision on ethanol plant permit


CHRIS DUNKER
Lincoln Journal Star
MEAD — At the end of a two-hour meeting Monday night, the Mead Planning Commission put off a decision on what to do about AltEn s conditional use permit.
Unlike most other ethanol plants in the state and across the country, AltEn used pesticide-treated seeds to produce fuel rather than harvested grain, leaving behind contaminated byproducts pointed to as being harmful to pollinators, animals and people.
Since February, the plant has been shut down after the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy ordered AltEn to stop pumping wastewater into its overfilled lagoon system. The company recently laid off all but three of its employees. ....

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Mead residents demand answers about efforts to clean up AltEn at town hall


Mead AltEn Ethanol plant
A burst pipe late last week in a 4 million gallon digester tank at the AltEn Ethanol plant near Mead sent liquid manure and thin stillage, a byproduct of the ethanol manufacturing process, into waterways and culverts up to 4 miles from the plant.
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Mead AltEn Ethanol plant
Mead AltEn Ethanol plant
A burst pipe late last week in a 4 million gallon digester tank at the AltEn Ethanol plant near Mead sent liquid manure and thin stillage, a byproduct of the ethanol manufacturing process, into waterways and culverts up to 4 miles from the plant.
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