The Business Environmental Program provides free and confidential environmental management assistance to business and government operations in Nevada. The Program specializes in cost effective strategies to reduce hazardous materials and waste generation, conserve water and energy, minimize air emissions, and maintain compliance with environmental requirements. The program provides training, on-site consultation, assistance over the phone and through its website and publications.
Facing an uncertain future with biofuels policy under scrutiny, the advanced biofuels industry convened for a three day conference in San Francisco earlier this month. Jointly organized by Green Power Conferences and Biofuels Digest, the Advanced Biofuels Markets conference is one of the few industry events bringing together industry leaders from all shades of advanced...
In 2012, expect to see the continued development of the biomass industry in the European Union and other areas of the world. Currently, the U.S. leads the world in biomass power capacity, but that is beginning to change. The North American wood pellet industry has become a major supplier to the EU. The volume of...
ScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2011) — Fuel made from wood could become a competitive commercial alternative to fuel made from corn by 2020 if the wood biofuel industry is supported, according to a new University of British Columbia study. Corn ethanol is currently blended with gasoline to satisfy government-mandated targets to include renewable content in transportation...
By Ann Perry Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are leading the way in learning more about “biochar,” the charred biomass created from wood, other plant material, and manure. The studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at laboratories across the country support the USDA priorities of promoting international food security and responding...
ScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2011) — Fuel made from wood could become a competitive commercial alternative to fuel made from corn by 2020 if the wood biofuel industry is supported, according to a new University of British Columbia study. Corn ethanol is currently blended with gasoline to satisfy government-mandated targets to include renewable content in transportation...
Over two late summer days in 1910, in western Montana and northern Idaho, more than 3 million acres of forest and several towns went up in smoke. More than 2,700 lightning-caused forest fires resulted in 85 deaths. Today’s conditions are prime for a repeat. The culprits? There are several contributing factors, but the primary cause...
Please make plans to attend the Nevada Woody Biomass Collaborative’s teleconference/meeting on Thursday, September 2, 2010, from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. We will be meeting in Ely, Las Vegas and Carson City at UNR’s Cooperative Extension Offices (addresses below). We will be fortunate to have the USFS’s leading authority on the Fuel’s For Schools...
An ad hoc group of concerned stakeholders, the PJ Partnership, is gathering steam. The groups goal is to establish a landscape-scaled demonstration project in Northeast Nevada aimed at rangeland restoration. The target of this project is the incursive Pinyon Pine and Single Needle Juniper, affectionately known as PJ. There are literally millions of tons of...
Water Science