Forestry Journal

Pine Tree Politics blog highlights the EPA’s delay on the implementation of biomass regulations–and the continued uncertainty for the industry.

A biomass project in Longview, Washington, is back on track following the EPA’s recent biomass rule reversal.

Yesterday, the EPA granted a petition by the National Alliance of Forest Owners and addressed concerns of industry and congressional leaders by announcing a decision to delay implementation of the Tailoring Rule’s treatment of biomass energy.

On January 4, Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson seeking immediate action on the treatment of biomass.

Biomass Power and Thermal wrote this week on the uncertainty and consequences created by the EPA’s Tailoring Rule.

The Daily News in Longview, Washington, reports that the EPA’s Tailoring Rule could stall or kill the development of a biomass power plant being locally developed in Longview.

On December 23, the Flathead Beacon ran an article discussing the recent Forisk study on the economic impact of the EPA’s Tailoring Rule regulation of biomass.

On December 17, Minnesota’s Lakeland Public Television ran a news report on the release of the Forisk Consulting study on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Tailoring Rule and biomass.

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette ran an op-ed by Morris Housen, the CEO of Erving Paper Mills, highlighting his company’s efforts to use renewable biomass energy.