Today in Biomass Opinion: “The biomass industry has developed significantly in Europe because of a supportive regulatory framework.”

Erico Matias Tavares, director for Gaia Energy: “The key question is how to level the playing field relative to coal, for instance, which despite its cost advantage does not generate any local jobs and is regarded as a polluter. The biomass industry has developed significantly in Europe because of a supportive regulatory framework, which enabled us to develop the practices and technologies to become global leaders in this field. The same needs to happen in the U.S., and there is still a lot of necessary debate on this front taking place over here. In any event, Ohio is well-placed to become a leading player in this industry once all these factors come into place.”

From the Burlington Free Press: “This country faces the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. From 2000 to 2008, over 8 million Americans slipped out of the middle class and into poverty, more than 7 million Americans lost their health insurance, over 3 million lost their pensions, millions more lost their homes and savings, and median household income declined by over $2,100…What we should be doing, and are now beginning to do, is to invest that huge sum of money in energy efficiency and sustainable energy technologies so that we combat global warming and move toward energy independence. Not only is this important from an environmental and economic perspective, it will also improve our national security. We will no longer have to fight wars for oil.

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