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May/June 2012 

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In This Issue
When Will the Skies Clear over Pellet Markets?
Fossil Energy and Cigarettes
Wood Bioenergy and Natural Gas Prices
RFS Challenges
Public Acceptance of Higher Energy Prices
Should I Certify My Timberland?
Forest2Market Happenings
Top 3 Stories from the March/April Issue

 
 

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When Will the Skies Clear over Pellet Markets?

By Pete Stewart

 

For what seems to be generations now, we have been talking about bioenergy.  The threats; the opportunities; the subsidies; the oversupply; the undersupply; the pending legislation; the grandfathered legislation; ROCs, SOX and NOX. "Mr. Fox, Sir, I simply cannot take it anymore! ...  

 

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Fossil Energy and Cigarettes 
 

By Stan Parton

  

For renewable energy to compete with fossil energy, many obstacles must be overcome: technology development, distribution and public adoption, just to name a few. But for renewable energy to ultimately displace fossil-based energy, these new energy sources must be able to ...   

  

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Wood Bioenergy and Natural Gas Prices

By Suz-Anne Kinney

 

In his recent post, Fossil Energy and Cigarettes, Stan Parton broached the subject of the cost of fossil energy and renewables. According to Parton, the true costs of fossil energy are not factored into the price of the electricity being generated ...  

 

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By Suz-Anne Kinney
 
Challenges to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and biofuels development are all over the news these days. Intended to speed the development of a biofuels industry by encouraging refiners, importers, and blenders to invest in the development of this emerging market ...

 

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Public Acceptance of Higher Energy Prices-US v. EU

By Stan Parton

 

It's June and according to early 2012 predictions, Americans should be paying $5/gallon for gasoline.  Yesterday, I filled up    in Georgia and paid $3.19/gallon for regular. Though the lower prices are due in large part to the global economic         slowdown...   

 

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Should I Certify My Timberland?

By Suz-Anne Kinney 

 

According to the Southern Group of State Foresters (SGSF), in their November 2011 report, "Forest Certification Programs: Status and Recommendations in the South," the most common type of certification varies by region ...   

 

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