EPA Defers Specifics On Biomass Carbon Neutrality In Final Climate ESPS

EPA is deferring specific decisions on what types of biomass are carbon neutral and can be used as a compliance mechanism under its newly finalized greenhouse gas (GHG) rule for existing power plants, punting a tricky issue until after its Science Advisory Board (SAB) has completed a review of the agency's methods for estimating emissions. Rather than give states the go-ahead to use biomass as a compliance tool in the final existing source performance standards (ESPS), the agency is instead...