Oct. 22: AHB webinar on clean fuel standards

PULLMAN, Wash. – Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB), a consortium of regional university and industry partners working to prepare the Pacific Northwest for a sustainable hardwood bioproducts and biofuels industry, will celebrate National Bioenergy Day on Oct.22 with an informative webinar focusing on the debate surrounding a Clean Fuels Standard in Washington and Oregon.

The biofuel and biochemical industries face stiff competition with the petroleum industry, making them sensitive to government policies. The Oct. 22 webinar, presented by AHB and Ross Macfarlane of Climate Solutions, will address key policies affecting biofuels in the Northwest, including the debate surrounding a Clean Fuels Standard in Washington and Oregon.

Also participating will be Senator Andy Billing (3rd Legislative District, Spokane) who sits on the Senate Energy, Environment and Telecommunications committee and Cory-Ann Wind with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.

The webinar takes place from 10:00-11:00 am PST. Advance registration is available online at http://breeze.wsu.edu/e1qqoskzih1/event/registration.html. On the day of the event, registration is available at http://breeze.wsu.edu/growinggreen/.

The webinar is part of the AHB hardwood biofuels webinar presentation series, which is archived at http://hardwoodbiofuels.org/webinars/.

The event is sponsored by Washington State University Extension with funding from Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30407from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

Media Contact:

Betsy Fradd, WSU Extension, 253-241-5043, bfradd@wsu.edu