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The EU Commission has adopted a report on sustainability requirements for the use of solid biomass and biogas in electricity, heating and cooling.
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In his budget speech to the B.C. legislature on March 2, finance minister Colin Hansen announced $100 million over three years in new climate action and clean energy development funding.
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The Forest Guild, a national association of professional foresters and resource managers, has developed a new national policy statement on forest biomass for sustainable use of forest resources for bioenergy and climate change mitigation.
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The U.S. Environmental Portection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to buy green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with purchased electricity use.
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In an agreement called the Pacific Coast Collaborative, the governments of B.C., Washington, Oregon and California, vowed to cooperate on developing "green" projects including renewable energy to tackle climate change in a way that will also boost the economy, the Vancouver Sun reported.
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On February 3, 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a proposed rule for the new Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) that intends to spur the expansion of dedicated non-food crops for renewable energy and biofuel production.
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With the same fortitude it showed in fighting for a level playing field when CARB (California Air Resources Board) formaldehyde regulations came out, the CPA Composite Panel Association (CPA) is battling the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP).
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The carbon economy is “a transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to where the externality associated with the burning of fossil fuels is explicitly recognized” says John Perez-Garcia, Professor at the College of Forest Resources, University of Washington.
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GUEST EDITORIAL Avrim Lazar, President and CEO of the Forest Products
Association of Canada, provides his valuable insights.
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With the UN Climate Change Conference coming up in Copenhagen Dec 7 - 18, it's not surprising that climate change and carbon are hot topics. Opinions about the CO2 threat and how to manage it vary widely across the spectrum.
Here's our review of some points of view on this controversial issue:
Here's our review of some points of view on this controversial issue:
- Study says alterrnative energy can never replace fossil fuels
- New documentary profiles global carbon markets worth billions
- The carbon economy: rules of the game for forest owners
- Environmental groups wary of carbon market
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