Conference Overview The production of energy from woody biomass can be an important component of a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy security. Biomass represents 79% of independent renewable energy generation in North Carolina...
North Carolina, one of two states in the south with renewable electricity portfolio standards (REPS), is now on a path to create 12.5% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2021. Both wind and solar are limited in the state, so much of this power will need to be...
The city of Atlanta, aptly nicknamed “The City in a Forest”, is looking significantly thinner these days. Giant hickories are on the ground, hundred-year-old oaks are dying and thousands of less recognized trees have ended up in the woodpile following a brutal season...
While most of the wildfire focus in Texas has been in the western part of the state, it has been “burning border to border” this year, according to a Texas Forest Service spokesperson. To date, 248 of the state’s 254 counties are under a burn ban. “I’ve never seen as...
A new report raises new issues and questions about the future of forestland and the forest products industry in the south, but wood bioenergy could elicit significant changes in forest conditions, management and wood markets. Harvesting wood for bioenergy is projected...
Truckers and other owners of heavy highway vehicles received some good news from the Internal Revenue Service on July 15. They were advised that their next federal highway use tax return, usually due August 31, will instead be due on November 30. The highway use tax...
