Environmentalists Press States To Demonstrate Biomass GHG Cuts In ESPS

April 12, 2016
Environmentalists at an EPA-sponsored workshop on using “climate-friendly” biomass in its power plant greenhouse gas rule strongly pressed state officials on how they would show that biomass used to comply with the rule actually reduces GHGs, with some hinting that a lack of such a demonstration could prompt legal action. Industry officials at the April 7 workshop at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., however, expressed optimism that EPA would allow states to actively promote bioenergy as GHG-neutral renewable power under...


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