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MD governor bans wind turbines on state forests
Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announced this week that he will not allow commercial wind turbines on state forest land. The ban applies only to conservation lands owned outright by the state and managed by the Department of Natural Resources and is not meant to discourage wind power development on other local, federal or privately owned land.
NASF Letter: Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act - March 5, 2008
Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008NASF urges a broad definition of renewable biomass that fully recognizes that forests are a renewable resource and ready source of biomass feedstock. HR 5236 provides the changes necessary to ensure that forests aren't excluded from the cutting edge of renewable fuels, and equally important, will help to keep forest lands productive, thereby reducing the incentive to convert land to non-forest uses. Excluding forests from the renewable biomass definition will close off yet another avenue to keeping forests forested.
NASF Letter: Definition of renewable biomass in the Energy Bill - February 7, 2008
Posted on Thursday, February 7, 2008The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) urges Congress to modify the definition of renewable biomass in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) provision. As currently written, the definition restricts the types of feedstock that can be used as well as limiting where that feedstock can originate. Our nation’s forests can provide a ready supply of feedstock for renewable fuels, and any exclusion of woody biomass from the Renewable Fuel Standard would hamstring the nation’s efforts to reduce our reliance on foreign oil...
NASF Resolution No. 2006-5: Promoting Forestry and Woody Biomass in the 25x’25 Initiative for Bioenergy
Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006The National Association of State Foresters has a large stake in the advancement of the Energy Future Coalition’s 25x’25 Initiative (www.25x25.org) and has endorsed its vision.
