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August 16, 2022
Ryan Carroll, Vice President - Government Affairs
President Biden signed the Inflation Recovery Act (IRA) today and it contained the long-awaited (by us) tax credit for biomass stoves.
Why have we been promoting and lobbying for this for so long? Be...
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March 09, 2022
Ryan Carroll, Vice President - Government Affairs
With tax season upon us, some companies may be surprised to learn that they are eligible for a significant form of relief included in 2020 and 2021 COVID-19 relief packages: the Employee Retention Tax...
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March 03, 2022
Emily McGee, Director of Communications
Leaving New Orleans at the close of HPBExpo was surreal in March of 2020. The New Orleans Health Department had announced the first confirmed case of COVID 19 in the city that week, exhibitors and att...
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February 15, 2022
By Corey Krill, Manager - State Energy Policy
Are there ever new ideas out there? Of course, but forced electrification (the banning of natural gas, propane, or wood as energy/heat sources) is not one of those new ideas. Some North American citie...
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October 13, 2021
John Crouch
Director, Public Affairs
Anyone who has purchased gasoline recently already suspects that energy may cost more this winter, but some families, in some parts of the country, may be in for a really big surprise. On October 13th...
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August 23, 2021
John Crouch - Director – Public Affairs
Retailers:
Have your suppliers been telling you their hot new products are stalled waiting for approval from EPA?
They are not just spinning a yarn, there is a reason that virtually ALL of the manuf...
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June 22, 2021
The manufacturers that HPBA represents have made massive investments over the past three decades to develop the next generation of cleaner-burning wood stoves. As industry has long identified, one maj...
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April 14, 2021
Rachel Feinstein, Senior Manager – Government Affairs, HPBA
If you had asked me a year ago whether I thought virtual congressional meetings would be as productive as in-person meetings, I would have said no way. But here we are, and I find myself pleased to be...
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March 18, 2021
John Crouch, Director – Public Affairs, HPBA
Are the new, ultra clean woodstoves just as bad for air quality as your grandparents’ ancient woodstove? That’s what you might think if you read the recent report released by NESCAUM. Of c...
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February 16, 2021
Emily McGee, Director – Communications, HPBA
It’s extremely cold out there for most of North America. To make this more dangerous, many parts of the country and millions of households are also coping with power outages. It is our hope that...
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