SAB Rejects Panel's Advice On EPA's CO2 Accounting For Biomass Energy

EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) is poised to finalize recommendations that EPA account for biomass emissions and regrowth within a specific policy context, rather than over a long time horizon where the two are equal, as recommended by an SAB panel that deliberated over the issue for seven years. The full SAB made the decision to move forward with a policy timeline-focused report at a Sept. 26 meeting, despite comments and a Sept 24 letter opposing the board's report from...