Biomass, a renewable energy source, has been viewed as “carbon neutral”—that is, its use as energy is presumed not to …), questioned the treatment of all biomass energy as carbon neutral, arguing that it could undermine legislative emissions reduction …, independent of the feedstocks, would encourage further fossil fuel energy production, to the long-term detriment of the atmosphere …

Biomass energy is expected to play a major role in the substitution of renewable energy sources for fossil fuels over … the next several decades. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA 2012) forecasts increases in the share of biomass … in US energy production from 8 percent in 2009 to 15 percent by 2035. The general view has been that carbon emitted into …

Protection Agency’s Climate Wise program and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program, or …

Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). Authorized in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, BCAP is designed to … for renewable energy consumption. BCAP “is intended to assist agricultural and forest land owners and operators with the …

restructuring more than offset the higher costs of controlling NOx emissions in a more competitive environment. The foregone …