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Why is Biomass Energy Carbon Neutral?

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

The carbon neutrality of forest biomass used to produce electricity and heat is a long-established convention in greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting.

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SAF: Forests are key to carbon sequestration

Friday, November 13th, 2009

SAF’s Goergen tells Washington Post readers that forests sequester carbon, and “not just those in the tropics or off-limits to harvesting.”

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Stabenow Captures Opportunity Missed in Kerry-Boxer

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

The Stabenow bill will take immediate advantage of the carbon captured through forest management projects and the long term storage of carbon in harvested wood products. This approach is key to any cap and trade system.

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Energy from Forest Biomass is Carbon-Neutral

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

NAFO points to consensus within the international community and the Federal government that climate goals are unreachable without working forests.

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Forest Owners say Boxer-Kerry Missed Opportunity

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

The Boxer-Kerry bill doesn’t take immediate and full advantage of the carbon offsets of private, working forests.

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USDA Should Oversee Emissions Offsets Program

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

NAFO urges the U.S. Senate to establish USDA as the lead carbon offsets agency for agricultural and forestry offsets projects.

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NAFO Praises Biomass/Carbon Offset Provisions

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Commenting on the House passage of climate change and energy legislation, NAFO praised the provisions for renewable forest biomass and carbon offsets.

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NAFO Recommends Changes to Waxman-Markey Offset Provisions

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

NAFO tells the House that the Waxman-Markey climate and energy legislation falls short in its offsets provisions for forestry.

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Statement on “The Role of Offsets in Climate Legislation”

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

NAFO tells a House subcommittee that private, working forests play an important role in sequestering carbon.

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California Climate Action Registry’s Revised Forest Protocol Project

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

NAFO comments on the California Climate Action Registry’s proposed forest protocol project revisions.

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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

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FORESTRY JOURNAL

  • 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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