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November 27, 2015
It’s In the Plan: EPA Offers Clues on Woody Biomass Utilization
Over the past several months, biomass stakeholders have expressed frustration at the administration’s failure to label the use of biomass feedstocks as carbon neutral. The pellet industry and biomass advocates argue, that so long as forest stocks are stable or increasing, the administration should allow forestry residues to be labelled as carbon neutral under the Clean Power Plan (CPP). Doing so would certainly simplify the inclusion of forestry residues as renewable electricity generation in individual state compliance plans.
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Headlines:
1) Obama Set to Issue Ethanol Fuel Mandate
2) Ahead of Paris, Food and Beverage Companies Sign on to Climate Pledge
3) Abengoa Uncertainty Has Europe Eyeing US for Potential Ethanol Supply
4) Study Finds Export of Wood Pellets from US to EU More Environmentally Friendly Than Coal
5) Opinion: Will EPA Undercut the RFS at the Start of the Paris Climate Change Conference?
Events:
How Can New Transatlantic Collaboration Overcome Barriers to Renewable Energy Goals?
Thursday, December 3 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) invite you to a briefing discussing how all levels of governments in the European Union and United States can expand collaboration on renewable electricity market penetration to meet energy, economic, and environmental needs. The briefing will feature an upcoming report by CCS, funded by the European Union Delegation to the United States, which examines high-priority common challenges and opportunities in the renewable energy sector that are prime candidates for new or enhanced forms of transatlantic collaboration at the regional and Member State/U.S. state levels. Attendees will be invited to provide comments and input for the report; join us to discuss how enhanced transatlantic cooperation can help set the stage for new investments and technologies through greater thought leadership, information sharing, technical assistance, and collaboration.
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