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tbeckman
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 9:37am
Dear Mr. Howenstein,
We would like to commend the USDA’s efforts to adapt to a changing climate as laid out in its 2012 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan. For your consideration and final review of the plan, we offer a
number of comments concerning the role of forests in adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change. We have also attached a policy statement, NASF Adaptation and Mitigation: Concepts for
Forest-Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Legislation and Administrative...
tbeckman
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 12:57pm
Dear Congressman Waxman and Senator Whitehouse:
We would like to commend the Bicameral Task Force on its efforts to promote practical and cost efficient activities to address the nation’s changing climate. We urge the Task Force to recognize the strategic role that our nation’s forests have in contributing to these efforts. We applaud the United States Forest Service (USFS) on its 2012 research paper, Effects of Climate Variability and Change on Forest Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Science...
Anonymous (not verified)
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 11:37am
Re: Call For Information: Information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Bioenergy and Other Biogenic Sources; 75 Fed. Reg. 41173 (July 15, 2010); Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0560
To Whom It May Concern:
The National Association of State Foresters respectfully submits the following comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Call for Information: Information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Bioenergy and Other Biogenic Sources (Docket ID No. EPA-...
Anonymous (not verified)
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 11:23am
Re: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial,and Institutional Boilers; Proposed Rule, 75 Fed. Reg. 31896 (June 4, 2010)
To Whom It May Concern:
The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) respectfully submits the following comments inresponse to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) proposed National Emission Standards forHazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0790). NASF seeks todiscuss,...
Anonymous (not verified)
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 11:35am
Re: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; Proposed Rule, 75 Fed. Reg. 32006 (June 4, 2010); Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0058
To Whom It May Concern:
The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) respectfully submits the following comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources. NASF offers...
Anonymous (not verified)
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 12:40pm
July 15, 2010
Dear Majority Leader Reid:
The undersigned forest, agriculture, and conservation organizations, representing over 2.2 million landowners, conservationists, and natural resource professionals, are writing to urge you to include the Carbon Conservation Program and the necessary funding for this program in any climate and energy legislation moving through the Senate.
We were pleased to see authorizing language for the Carbon Conservation Program ("the Program") in the Kerry-...
Anonymous (not verified)
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 4:40pm
The Honorable Lisa P. JacksonAdministratorU.S. Environmental Protection Agency1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20460
Dear Administrator Jackson:
We were dismayed to find that the final Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule (Tailoring Rule) would treat greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of biomass the same as such emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels. This is a significant shift in federal policy, contrary to the...
Anonymous (not verified)
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 12:15pm
June 7, 2010
Re: Forest-Climate Working Group Comments on Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill
Dear Senators Kerry and Lieberman:
We the undersigned forestry and conservation organizations are writing to thank you for your work on the Kerry-Lieberman climate and energy legislation, and look forward to continued collaboration with you to improve the legislation with respect to the U.S. forest sector. The U.S. forest sector has immense potential to drive cost-effective carbon mitigation and adaptation,...
Anonymous (not verified)
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 12:00am
June 7, 2010
Dear Senators Kerry and Lieberman:
We the undersigned forestry and conservation organizations are writing to thank you foryour work on the Kerry-Lieberman climate and energy legislation, and look forward tocontinued collaboration with you to improve the legislation with respect to the U.S. forestsector. The U.S. forest sector has immense potential to drive cost-effective carbonmitigation and adaptation, which will in turn create new economic opportunities forforest products...
Anonymous (not verified)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:19pm
May 18, 2010
Re: U.S. Forest Sector Opportunities in Climate and Energy Legislation
Dear Majority Leader Reid:
We the undersigned forestry and conservation organizations are writing to encourageyou, as you work on the Kerry-Lieberman climate and energy legislation, to ensure astrong role for the U.S. forest sector. The U.S. forest sector has immense potential todrive cost-effective carbon mitigation and adaptation, which will in turn create neweconomic opportunities for forest products...