Environmentalists Target Collins In Stepped Up Bid To Kill Biomass Measure

As House and Senate negotiators continue efforts to negotiate energy legislation, environmentalists are stepping up their push to block a controversial amendment requiring EPA and other agencies to treat biomass as carbon neutral, releasing a video alleging that Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the amendment at the behest of biomass industry groups. The Oct. 28 video , released by the Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI), a group that opposes biomass power, shows that Collins lifted language directly from industry websites...