60 groups, from conservation to renewable energy to wildlife to forestry, sent a letter today (PDF) to Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack supporting the 2008 Farm Bill definition for renewable forest biomass. The groups thanked the Secretary for his ongoing support of that definition as Congress debates energy and climate change legislation.
On January 26, 2010, Secretary Vilsack responded (PDF), reiterating his support of the 2008 Farm Bill definition for renewable forest biomass.
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Dave Tenny urges the Senate Agriculture Committee to support a broad definition for renewable forest biomass and urge EPA to change More
NAFO reiterates prevailing science that GHG emissions from renewable biomass energy do not increase the carbon in the atmosphere. More
NAFO provides answers to Pinchot's questions and notes that markets for forest biomass help conserve working forests. More
A guest op-ed in The Hill makes the case that forest products, and the associated jobs, are "green jobs." More
Over 100 scientists wrote the U.S. Senate and House to reiterate that biomass energy is renewable and carbon beneficial and to express their concern over the EPA's GHG Tailoring Rule. More
NAFO comments on the EPA's NPDES general permit for pesticide application. More
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