BTEC supports the passage of federal climate change legislation that recognizes the enormous potential of carbon-neutral biomass thermal energy to offset the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel based-heating systems. By improving the management of existing forests and plantations, and by growing new trees and plants, some biomass energy projects will create additional carbon stocks--going beyond carbon neutral to carbon beneficial.
Because of this potential to not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions but to also improve the environment’s ability to sequester carbon, biomass thermal energy projects should qualify for carbon offsets under a cap-and-trade system.
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