Tag: department of agriculture

  • USDA Spends $9 Million More on Biomass Energy

    - U.S. For­est Ser­vice, April 9, 2015 Today, Agri­cul­ture Sec­re­tary Tom Vil­sack announced the award of over $9 mil­lion to expand and accel­er­ate wood ener­gy and oth­er wood prod­uct mar­kets. The fed­er­al funds will lever­age $22 mil­lion in invest­ments from part­ners, result­ing in a total invest­ment of $31 mil­lion in 23 states. “Work­ing with our part­ners,…