New report outlines biofuel industry potential for jobs, fuel and clean Chesapeake Bay
By APTuesday, January 19, 2010
Report to highlight Chesapeake’s biofuel potential
BALTIMORE — The Chesapeake Bay Commission says a new report outlines the Chesapeake Bay watershed’s biofuel potential.
The report, scheduled to be released Wednesday by the commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, will detail the findings and recommendations of the Chesapeake Biofuels Advisory Panel. The report is the third and last in a series by the commission.
The commission says the emerging biofuels industry has the potential to provide thousands of jobs over the next 12 years and significant amounts of fuel while helping to achieve bay restoration goals.
Commission spokesman Matt Mullin says the report looks at biofuels made from plants such as switchgrass and forest slash, the debris left over after timber is cut.
