Final SAB ‘Advice’ To EPA On Biomass CO2 Conflicts With Agency Policy

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) has completed its long-pending advice to EPA on calculating biomass carbon dioxide emissions from smokestacks after accounting for forest regrowth, reaching conclusions at odds with agency policy and unable to endorse a cohesive framework for how to assess the emissions. The board’s March report , quietly posted to the SAB website last month, ends a nearly decade-long process that included deep internal splits between SAB members and panelists on a special committee the board created...