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Mass Backtracks On Renewable Energy Subsidies For Wood-Burning Biomass Plants

Waste wood from a logging operation is chopped up into chips to be burned in a biomass facility. (Annie Ropeik, NHPR) The Baker administration says it no longer stands behind a plan it proposed last December to change state regulations to allow some wood-burning biomass power plants to qualify for renewable energy subsidies. The move follows a loud outcry from environmental groups, public health experts and several prominent politicians who opposed the planned changes. The state s initial recommendations drew widespread criticism because they would have allowed a proposed biomass facility in the heart of an environmental justice community in Springfield to qualify for lucrative rate-payer subsidies. In walking back that proposal, the administration dealt a blow to that project while also effectively preventing any similar facilities from being built in the state in the future.

Oklahoma A Top 10 State For Allergies

By: Mike Glover OKLAHOMA CITY - Springtime in Oklahoma, the birds are singing, the sun is shining, and temperatures are absolutely amazing. But spend any time in the state in spring and you will quickly understand why Oklahoma ranks among the top ten states for allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.  “We just have great growing seasons in terms of the length so our springs and our summers, they’re not too hot they’re not too cold,” said Dr. Dean Atkinson with the Oklahoma Allergy and Asthma Clinic for the reasoning behind the high ranking. “We don’t get the heavy freezes that typically last that long.” 

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