Erin Voegele, Biomass Magazine
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More than 30 organizations, including the Biomass Thermal Energy Council, Alliance for Green Heat and Pellet Fuels Institute, sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Aug. 17 urging the Senate to expand the Community Wood Energy and Innovations Program in the final version of the Farm Bill.
The U.S. House passed its version of the 2018 Farm Bill on June 21. That legislation included an expansion of the CWEIP. One week later, on June 28, the U.S. Senate passed its version of the 2018 Farm Bill. The Senate version, however, did not include an expansion of the CWEIP. The legislation will soon head to conference committee where members of the House and Senate will resolve differences between the two versions of the bill.
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