Two very different views of biomass were presented to the public last week. On one hand, Maine’s senators cited looming regulations on biomass burning as the reason for their support of an unsuccessful resolution to strip the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. The same day, the state of Massachusetts issued a report that found that burning biomass to create electricity was no better, in terms of emissions, than using fossil fuels.
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