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EPA declares burning wood is same as solar and wind energy

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At the behest of Congress, Scott Pruitt announced a new Environmental Protection Agency policy that treats burning wood, or biomass, as a carbon-neutral energy source. Climate change experts contend that the science isn’t settled and that the policy ignores the greenhouse gases that result from wood burning.
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· 23. Apr.

. spotted in central Georgia, announcing EPA policy that burning wood is carbon-neutral. Congress directed EPA to do so, but EPA's science advisers haven't come to a consensus on the issue

. Chief here in middle GA today announcing new policy allowing biogenic emissions (from biomass) to be carbon-neutral. Huge for GA and SE USA. May help us to use it in electricity generation. Rule making to follow.
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· 23. Apr.

It’s been a great day in GA! Big policy announcement on carbon neutrality of forest biomass. Managed forests improve air & water quality, while creating jobs & products that improve our daily lives. This is environmental stewardship in action.

Administrator Pruitt Promotes Environmental Stewardship with Forestry Leaders and Students in Georgia | US EPA
EPA News Release: Administrator Pruitt Promotes Environmental Stewardship with Forestry Leaders and Students in Georgia
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· 23. Apr.

Trump EPA now considers burning wood to be carbon-neutral, breaking with scientists

Pruitt declares that burning wood is carbon neutral
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared Monday that burning trees is carbon neutral.
thehill.com
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· 23. Apr.

EPA declares burning wood to be a carbon neutral energy source, something scientists have been warning against for the past few years.

Pruitt declares that burning wood is carbon neutral
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared Monday that burning trees is carbon neutral.
thehill.com
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· 24. Apr.

This is ridiculously anti-science. Measuring emissions from burning forest biomass is complicated. But calling it all carbon neutral is laughably wrong.

It’s been a great day in GA! Big policy announcement on carbon neutrality of forest biomass. Managed forests improve air & water quality, while creating jobs & products that improve our daily lives. This is environmental stewardship in action.
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· 24. Apr.

In the eyes of the current administration, burning wood for energy is now just as environmentally friendly as wind and solar power, despite the fact that burning biomass releases greenhouse gases.

President Trump's EPA Says Burning Wood is Carbon Neutral, Like Wind and Solar Energy
The awkwardly named Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared that burning wood is carbon neutral. In the eyes of the Trump regime, burning wood for energy is now just as environmentally friendly as wind and solar power, despite the fact that burning biomass releases greenhouse gases.
gizmodo.com
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· 24. Apr.

"While burning wood immediately releases carbon, it takes decades or even a century for a replacement tree to absorb the same amount of carbon. In the meantime, all that atmospheric carbon will continue to drive climate change."

The EPA Declared That Burning Wood Is Carbon Neutral. It's Actually a Lot More Complicated
Here are five things to know about the controversial change
smithsonianmag.com
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· 23. Apr.

Burning wood (biomass) for electricity can provide economic and waste management benefits, but it's generally bad to awful for the air and climate. Shunning science, Congress told EPA to treat biomass as carbon neutral. And that's what EPA is going to do.

EPA's Scott Pruitt says burning wood is renewable energy
The Environmental Protection Agency will begin treating energy created by burning trees as renewable, the same as wind and solar.
washingtonexaminer.com
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· 24. Apr.

EPA chief Scott Pruitt's declaration that burning biomass—such as wood—is "carbon neutral" isn't simply rebranding, it could have substantial ramifications for tax subsidies like renewable energy credits funded by taxpayers at the state & federal level

Scott Pruitt wades into a fraught science debate, declaring biomass burning ‘carbon neutral’
Scientists aren't sure that's really true.
washingtonpost.com
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· 23. Apr.

"Today, the numbers don’t lie: burning forest biomass for electricity is dirtier than coal and is uneconomic without massive subsidies." , Senior Advocate .

Biomass Advocates to U.S. Pols in 2017: Avoid Mistakes of EU
While European Union countries like the United Kingdom continue to burn forest biomass—primarily in the form of imported wood pellets—to produce electricity, analysis conducted in 2017 shows it’s a bad bet financially and for the environment, underscoring the dangers of...
nrdc.org
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· 23. Apr.

“Scott Pruitt’s scorched-earth approach at the EPA continues unabated...Pruitt is once again rewarding his industry pals," Sami Yassa, senior scientist NRDC. “This will lead to more destruction of our treasured forests and more dangerous carbon pollution.”

Pruitt declares that burning wood is carbon neutral
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared Monday that burning trees is carbon neutral.
thehill.com
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· 24. Apr.

"The idea that biomass is carbon neutral is contentious among scientists, who fear that forests, once cleared so their wood can be used for energy, may not grow back as planned." via

Scott Pruitt wades into a fraught science debate, declaring biomass burning ‘carbon neutral’
Scientists aren't sure that's really true.
washingtonpost.com
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· 24. Apr.

The decision is a one-two punch against conservation and climate action, and Pruitt issued the official policy “clarification” in a meeting with Georgia forest industry leaders, who will no doubt benefit from this misinterpretation of science.

Burning trees is now (somehow) carbon-neutral
The EPA now considers biomass a renewable source of energy—which is good for industry but bad news for climate change and wildlife.
nrdc.org
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· 24. Apr.

The Energy 202: Why Scott Pruitt's decision on burning wood is so high stakes

Analysis | The Energy 202: Why Scott Pruitt's decision on burning wood is so high stakes
The notion that biomass is carbon neutral is contentious among scientists.
washingtonpost.com
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