Thursday, January 13, 2011

EPA gives break to biomass over climate - CNBC
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Under pressure from some members of Congress, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is easing up on regulating global warming pollution from facilities that burn biomass for energy.

The agency said Wednesday it needs more time to figure out whether biomass — including farm waste, sawmill scraps and forest thinnings — is really a green fuel.

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