Producers and consumers of biomass energy can now breathe easy for three years. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has postponed the decision making on emissions from biomass–fired and other bio-genic sources from greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for CO2 emissions for three years, as per a Press Release by EPA. The rule making will be ready by July 2011, after consultation with independent scientific analysts.
EPA will use these three years to critically examine and analyze ways to determine the treatment of the emissions from biomass under GHG permitting requirements.
According to EPA Administrator, Lisa P. Jackson, the organization is trying to find scientific solutions that will address the issues of both producers and consumers for biomass energy. "In the coming years we will develop a commonsense approach that protects our environment and encourages the use of clean energy. Renewable, homegrown power sources are essential to our energy future, and an important step to cutting the pollution responsible for climate change," she said.
Read the Press Release on: EPA to Defer GHG Permitting Requirements
EPA will use these three years to critically examine and analyze ways to determine the treatment of the emissions from biomass under GHG permitting requirements.
According to EPA Administrator, Lisa P. Jackson, the organization is trying to find scientific solutions that will address the issues of both producers and consumers for biomass energy. "In the coming years we will develop a commonsense approach that protects our environment and encourages the use of clean energy. Renewable, homegrown power sources are essential to our energy future, and an important step to cutting the pollution responsible for climate change," she said.
Read the Press Release on: EPA to Defer GHG Permitting Requirements
