Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - December 22, 2017

Santa Might Come Late this Year: Orphaned Renewables Pushed Back to Broader 2018 Tax Extender Debate 

With the year winding down, Congress got down to the wire on a continuing resolution that will fund the government through January 19, 2018. Both chambers passed the stop-gap funding measure on December 21. When Congress returns from the holiday break, they will only have a few weeks to either set budget priorities, or punt once again, using a continuing resolution. One sore area for renewable supporters has been “orphaned” renewable technologies, which were left out of the last production tax credit (PTC) extension in 2015 and continue to be at a disadvantage compared to other forms of energy generation.

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Headlines:

1. Senator Cornyn Trying to Get Big Corn Behind U.S. Biofuels Reform

2. Cotton Gets Farm Bill Fix in House Disaster Bill

3. Arizona Public Service Study Proposes Development of New Biomass Energy Generation Stations

4. How Much Farmland Is Owned by Foreign Interests? It’s Hard to Know.

5. Death by a Thousand Cuts: Pennsylvania’s Vast Forestlands Are Imperiled as Their Aging Private Owners Divide and Sell

 

 

 

To Contact the Editor: Jessie Stolark at bioenergy@eesi.org

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