Today the National Alliance of Forest Owners told EPA’s Biogenic Carbon Emissions Panel, convened to review the carbon impacts of using wood and other biomass for energy, to look to the marketplace for key information on how biomass energy will affect overall carbon in the atmosphere.
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Forest Owners to EPA Science Panel: Energy Markets are Good for Forest Carbon
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011Forest Owners Urge EPA to Conduct Science Review Free of Policy Bias
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011National Alliance of Forest Owners President and CEO, Dave Tenny issued the following statement regarding comments submitted yesterday to the EPA’s Science Advisory Board Review Panel, convened to conduct a science and technical review of carbon emissions from biomass energy production…
read more26 State AGs Join NAFO in Defense of EPA Water Quality Rules
Monday, October 17th, 201126 State Attorneys General Join Petition to Defend EPA Clean Water Act Interpretation WASHINGTON, DC (October 17, 2011) – A bi-partisan, geographically diverse group of twenty-six state Attorneys General joined forest owners and industry groups in filing briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that rainwater runoff [...]
read moreForest Owners to Defend EPA’s Final Biomass Deferral Rule
Monday, August 15th, 2011NAFO offers supports for EPA’s science and policy review of regulating biomass energy carbon emissions
read moreUSDA Study: Strong forest product markets conserve forests
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011Historical data from around the world demonstrates that vibrant forest product markets conserve forests as forests.
read moreGov. Kitzhaber Supports Supreme Court Review
Friday, July 29th, 2011Oregon Governor Kitzhaber asks the Oregon Attorney General to appeal NEDC v. Brown to the Supreme Court.
read moreLegislation Supports EPA Regulations for Forest Roads
Thursday, July 14th, 2011Bill upholds the EPA’s regulation of forest roads that was overturned by the Ninth Circuit in NEDC v. Brown.
read moreForest Owners Support EPA’s Final Biomass Deferral Rule
Friday, July 1st, 2011EPA finalized a rule to defer the regulation of biomass energy carbon emissions.
read moreSenate Ag Committee Approves Pesticide Legislation
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011The Senate Ag Committee approved legislation to affirm that pesticide applications are effectively regulated under FIFRA.
read moreNinth Circuit Overturns EPA’s Forestry Regs
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011Forest owners discuss the real-life impact of the decision to require point source permits for forest roads.
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