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Forest Owners to EPA Science Panel: Energy Markets are Good for Forest Carbon

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

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 Urge EPA to Conduct Science Review Free of Policy Bias

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

National 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…

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26 State AGs Join NAFO in Defense of EPA Water Quality Rules

Monday, October 17th, 2011

26 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 [...]

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Forest Owners to Defend EPA’s Final Biomass Deferral Rule

Monday, August 15th, 2011

NAFO offers supports for EPA’s science and policy review of regulating biomass energy carbon emissions

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USDA Study: Strong forest product markets conserve forests

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Historical data from around the world demonstrates that vibrant forest product markets conserve forests as forests.

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Gov. Kitzhaber Supports Supreme Court Review

Friday, July 29th, 2011

Oregon Governor Kitzhaber asks the Oregon Attorney General to appeal NEDC v. Brown to the Supreme Court.

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Legislation Supports EPA Regulations for Forest Roads

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Bill upholds the EPA’s regulation of forest roads that was overturned by the Ninth Circuit in NEDC v. Brown.

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Forest Owners Support EPA’s Final Biomass Deferral Rule

Friday, July 1st, 2011

EPA finalized a rule to defer the regulation of biomass energy carbon emissions.

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Senate Ag Committee Approves Pesticide Legislation

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

The Senate Ag Committee approved legislation to affirm that pesticide applications are effectively regulated under FIFRA.

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Ninth Circuit Overturns EPA’s Forestry Regs

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Forest owners discuss the real-life impact of the decision to require point source permits for forest roads.

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