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Climate Central
European officials are moving to close a loophole that promotes the burning of wood for electricity by an industry that's felling American trees, and a new report they commissioned has laid bare the urgent need for reform. European Union climate rules treat woody biomass energy as if it's as clean as solar or wind energy, despite it releasing more heat-trapping carbon dioxide for every megawatt of electricity produced than coal. Producing wood pellets for fuel can also foster climate-changing deforestation.
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FPS
The early-bird registration deadline is approaching to attend the 4th International Conference on Process Technologies for the Forest and Biobased Products Industries (PTF BPI). The conference, jointly hosted by The Forest Products Society and Forest Products and Timber Construction Department—Salzburg University of Applied Sciences will be held Oct. 25-26 in St. Simons Island, Georgia. Early-bird registration ends on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
The conference is dedicated to the exchange of information and ideas about research on process technologies, quality control and process improvement. Contemporary topics on real-time predictive modeling of processes, continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, lean six-sigma and advanced data mining will be presented at the conference.
Register online to receive early-bird rates. Also book your hotel now, ocean view rooms are going fast! For questions, contact Scott Springmier.
FPS
The 2017 International Conference on Wood Adhesives call for papers is still open. This is the 11th in a series organized every four years by the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory, the Forest Products Society and the Wood Based Composites Center.
The conference will be held Oct. 25-27, 2017, at the Sheraton Hotel in Atlanta. The conference will bring together industry, academics and consultants with a special interest in adhesives for wood and biomass.
Abstracts can address these topics:
- Structure and properties of adhesive systems
- Bonding untraditional substrates
- New wood-based bonded products
- Bio-based and novel raw materials and adhesive systems, resin chemistry
- Issues with commercial implementation of new adhesives
- Impact of regulations and consumer preference
- Fundamental understanding of wood bonding and adhesive-substrate interactions
- Composites
- Modeling
- Engineered wood
- Analytical and testing methodology
- Energy concerns and opportunities
Abstracts should be 250 words or less. Presentation options include plenary, poster and full presentations. Tabletop exhibits are also available.
Please indicate your preferred format (first and second choice). Abstracts can be submitted online here by April 1, 2017.
Fore more information, contact Scott Springmier, Executive Director, or visit www.forestprod.org/woodadhesives/.
NJ.com
A pair of Hudson County, New Jersey, municipalities are receiving state grants for the preservation and promotion of forestry, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced. Secaucus and Jersey City are among the 32 municipalities statewide awarded $1.5 million to promote stewardship of community forests and trees through the implementation of Community Forestry Management Plans.
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The Associated Press via WDIV-TV
Michigan officials say up to $90,000 is available for urban and community forestry projects across the state. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the grants are funded through the U.S. Forest Service's State and Private Forestry Program. Local units of government, nonprofit organizations, schools and tribal governments are eligible for the funds.
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Biomass Magazine
In 2014, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority launched the $27 million Renewable Heat New York (RHNY) program, which built upon NYSERDA's biomass R&D program and leveraged NYSERDA's decades of experience administering energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment programs.
The goal of RHNY is to create a self-sustaining wood heat industry that can deliver high efficiency and clean biomass heating options for New Yorkers. It takes a multifaceted approach to support the wood heat industry through a combination of incentives, training, technical assistance and R&D. RHNY is the most comprehensive wood heat program in the northeast, and the only one that provides incentives for both residential and commercial advanced cordwood and pellet boilers, as well as pellet stoves.
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Horticulture Week
Britain is losing its productive forest resource because harvested trees are not being replaced, according to a new Forestry Commission report. "Estimates of Change in Canopy Cover in British Woodlands" shows that for every 100 hectares of coniferous woodland harvested in 2006, only just over half has been restocked with productive conifer species.
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Biomass Magazine
This summer Canfor Corp. officially marked the opening of its two new pellet plants collocated at company sawmill sites in Chetwynd and Fort St. John near Vancouver, British Columbia, with a grand opening event at each facility, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony and plant tour attended by local delegates and others. Combined the plants have a capacity of 175,000 metric tons of industrial-grade wood pellets — Chetwynd produces 100,000 metric tons and Fort St. John has the capacity to produce 75,000 metric tons of wood pellets.
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Woodworking Network
The WMIA's Educational Foundation awards scholarships to those who want to study and pursue a career in wood technology, machinery and related fields. To date, the foundation has provided nearly $350,000 to assist students with furthering their goals. This year, the foundation's Board of Trustees selected 12 college students to receive a total of $18,500 in scholarships. This was a difficult decision, as a record number of applications were received, and a record number of female students, 14, applied for scholarships this year, with nine receiving awards.
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