Burning wood from SE US forests causes carbon spike for 35-50 years – Study published by Southern Environmental Law Center in partnership with Biomass Energy Resource Center, Forest Guild and National Wildlife Federation
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Vermont Biomass Working Group Recommendations Threaten Public Health, Forests, Climate and Clean Energy Future. Joint press release by Biofuelwatch and Massachusetts Forest Watch Biofuelwatch opinion on the role of bioenergy and the meaning of “renewable” in a “Green Economy” – On the Road to Rio+20 Please click here to sign a petition asking US Congress to let wasteful ‘stimulus’ biomass power subsidies expire. The U.S. EPA has just released its “2010 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Large Facilities.” Emissions from biomass are still not included in these national inventories. A “Request for Correction of Information”, submitted back in July 2010 by the Center for Biological Diversity and other groups remains entirely unaddressed. The EPA, unsure how to account for biogenic emissions under the “tailoring rule”, accepted public comments on the matter late last year, (Biofuelwatch submitted comments) and then meanwhile granted industry a three year exemption from reporting.
To access EPA’s GHG Reporting Program Data and Data Publication Too, click here. For background information about EPA’s GHG Reporting Program click here. For the EPA report ” Information on the U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sources and Sinks”, click here. A Request for Correction to the EPA, submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity e and others can be found here.
The $6 billion Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit subsidy for corn ethanol expired at the end of 2011, but the Renewable Fuel Standard remains and will require 12 billion gallons of corn ethanol in 2012 alone. Click here for more information. Submission to Rio Plus 20 Zero Draft, from: Biofuelwatch, Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project, EcoNexus, Biomass Accountability Project, Partnership for Policy Integrity, PT AirWatchers (Port Townsend, Washington) and Ozark Riverkeepers Network. November 1 2011 A “Green Economy” Cannot Run on Biofuels or Bioenergy A statewide coalition of environmental, health and social justice groups is asking Governor Patrick and Lt. Governor Murray to stand by the Administration’s 2010 pledge to limit ratepayer–funded incentives for biomass combustion power plants that burn wood for electricity. In the past 2 years, residents from across the state have signed over 135,000 petitions, postcards, letters and emails asking for stronger laws. Some groups are demanding a complete moratorium on state permits for biomass electricity until outstanding questions about health and climate impacts are answered. See coverage of the rally from the Examiner: Mass residents gather at statehouse to oppose biomass regulations |
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