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AOL News: Loophole in Climate Bill Could Level US Forests

AOL News, Dave Thier
Published June 16, 2010

(June 16) -- The Senate climate bill, already controversial, contains a loophole that allows utility companies to discount all emissions from burning biomass fuels, according to a report released today by environmentalists. That flaw could effectively erase 80 percent of the bill's promised carbon dioxide reductions and provide a taxpayer subsidy for cutting down millions of acres of trees, the report says. Read the entire article here: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/report-loophole-in-senate-climate-...
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