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I just got back from the Bruks Biomass Harvesting Demo, hosted by Modern Machinery and Bruks. The two-day demo is being held on a Weyerhaeuser tree farm outside Montesano, Wash.. Today was the first day, so you still have a chance to see the chipper in action. Flexibility in the Forest The Bruks 805...
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The Environmental Leader reported today that Mitsubishi and Weyerhaeuser are teaming up as biomass partners. The two companies would like to collaborate and build bio-pellet production facilities in the U.S. (Reuters). Commercial Scale bio-pellet Facility In a joint statement, the companies said they were looking into the feasibility of building a commercial-scale bio-pellet facility...
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On Tuesday Weyerhaeuser announced that it will be converting to an REIT (real estate investment trust) in 2010. The Associated Press reported that Weyerhaeuser had been under pressure to lower its income tax rate — which currently totals 35 percent. This move will definitely lower the company’s tax burden because an investment trust can...
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The news today is that Pacific Northwest may reach the hottest temperatures on record, or at least in the last 200 years since they’ve been keeping track. I’m live in Enumclaw, in the foothills of Mount Rainier. I can feel people collectively holding their breath, hoping no one does something stupid, like throw a...
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