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The Daily Astorian
Out of the ashes of another record-breaking wildfire season across the West, Oregon lawmakers are calling for changes in the way national forests are managed and how the government pays for fighting increasingly large, destructive fires.
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FPS
Scientists and field practitioners representing 18 countries descended on Madison, Wisconsin, USA, last week for the 20th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium. Co-sponsored by FPS and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), the conference was held at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory (FPL). Keynotes by Melissa VanLanduyt and Benjamin Bergey from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and over 60 technical presentations rounded out the three-day event. Read more about NDTE 2017 here
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Phys.org
If the U.S. wants to start using wood pellets to produce energy, either the government or power customers will have to pay an extra cost, a new University of Georgia study has found. "It's just not economically feasible to use wood pellets in energy production," said Bin Mei, associate professor of forest resource finance and economics in UGA's Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.
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Eco-Business
Countries with large quantities of waste from forestry, manure or straw from farms are now looking for economic ways to turn them into forms of renewable energy. Most of these so-called wastes can be burned directly as an alternative to fossil fuels in power stations or for district heating, but increasingly they are being turned into biogas.
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Biomass Magazine
An enzyme discovered at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory proves adept at breaking down cellulose fibers regardless of whether their crystalline structure is simple or highly complex. No other enzyme has shown that ability. The enzyme, called CelA, comes from Caldicellulosiruptor bescii, and NREL scientists reported three years ago, in the journal Science, how it can convert biomass to sugars faster than competing catalysts in commercial enzyme preparations.
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Nanowerk
Researchers have focused on nanocellulose as a novel biomaterial with industrial and scientific applications, which range from the creation of new kinds of commercially useful materials and uses in medical technology all the way to the food and pharmaceutical industries. Engineers at the University of Maryland have developed a new use for nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) by combining it with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to form strong, conductive microfibers through a 3-D-printing process.
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