US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Introduces "WECHAR" Bill to Develop Biochar Technology
Policy Incentives - OtherAuthor: Harry Reid
Author Affiliation: US Senate Majority Leader of Nevada
Submitted: Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:34
Edited: Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:40
Published in: US Senate on September 2009
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On Thursday, September 24, 2009, US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, and four cosponsors (Senators Max Baucus and John Tester of Montana, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, and Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico), introduced the "Water Efficiency via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act of 2009." The bill establishes a loan guarantee program to develop biochar technology, initiates a program of biochar landscape restoration projects on public land, and authorizes a competitive grant program to fund research on biochar characteristics, impacts and economics. Login to post comments
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