Pruitt Moves To Find Biomass Carbon Neutral, Despite Ongoing SAB Work

February 14, 2018
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is moving to declare certain types of biomass a carbon-neutral fuel source, potentially bypassing long-running work by the agency's Science Advisory Board (SAB) that has struggled to find consensus on how to account for forest regrowth when measuring greenhouse gas emissions in permits and other policies. Pruitt lays out his position in a Feb. 13 letter to New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), following a meeting the two had in the state. He also notes that...


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