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S 1284 114th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Alternative and renewable resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Forests, forestry, trees

A bill to clarify the treatment of carbon emissions from forest biomass, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 11, 2015 Introduced by: King, Angus S., Jr. Independent · Maine See on congress.gov
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May 11, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 11, 2015
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency, when taking an action regarding air emissions from an energy source or facility that uses forest biomass, to assume that forest biomass emissions do not increase overall carbon accumulations in the atmosphere if: (1) a Department of Agriculture's Forest Inventory and Analysis that is current at the time the action is taken shows that forest carbon stocks in the United States are stable or increasing; or (2) the forest biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest residuals, or forest management activities.

What's happening now May 11, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1284: A bill to clarify the treatment of carbon emissions from forest biomass, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1284/
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