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BTEC Supports Biomass Deferral Rule

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

BTEC criticizes lawsuit against the EPA’s biomass deferral rule, says it uses the legal system to create uncertainty and threaten renewable energy.

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How does biomass compare to coal?

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Examines recent peer-reviewed science on the life cycle benefits of wood products, including energy.

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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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Wood to Energy Roadmap

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

A broad coalition agrees to a path to sustainable woody biomass energy.

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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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Forest Owners to EPA: Don’t follow Massachusetts

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

NAFO files its official comments on the EPA’s proposed rule to defer biomass energy from GHG regulations.

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Forest Owners Voice Support for EPA Biomass Rules

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

NAFO’s Tenny tells EPA that their biomass energy policy must be consistent with the President’s renewable energy goals.

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Forest Owners to EPA: Don’t Regulate Biomass Under NSPS

Friday, March 18th, 2011

NAFO submits comments to EPA on NSPS, urging them to not regulate biomass energy the same as fossil fuels.

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Biomass Web Resource Launched

Monday, March 14th, 2011

NAFO launches www.renewablebiomass.org as a repository of information on renewable biomass energy.

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EPA: Don’t Change Course on Forest Regulations

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

NAFO outlines to Congress why existing forestry regulations for water quality and carbon conserve the environment and working forests.

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FORESTRY JOURNAL

  • NAFO’s recommendations respond to the Biogenic Carbon Emissions Panel’s draft recommendations on EPA’s accounting framework for carbon emissions. More

  • A new report provides a concise primer to policy makers on the forest carbon cycle, carbon accounting, biomass energy emissions and other critical topics. More

  • New federal legislation will help timberland owners avoid costly permit fees for logging roads, U.S. Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler and Kurt Schrader announced Monday. Under the new provision, a 35-year-old U.S. Environmental Protection Agency policy would be extended for another year. It would shield timber companies from the cost of designing stormwater control systems for logging roads under the federal Clean Water Act. Landowners will not be required to get federal permits to build logging roads. More

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