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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 10 > Oregon poplars: A biofuels boon?

Oregon poplars: A biofuels boon?

By Hal Bernton / The Bulletin
September 10, 2009

BOARDMAN — The poplar trees here grow 10 feet a year, transforming an irrigated stretch of desert near the Columbia River into a neatly pruned forest.

For now, the trees provide lumber for cabinets and pulp for paper.

But in the years ahead, energy entrepreneurs hope the pulp from poplar can be....

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