Politics Black Liquor Binge Bringing an end to the costly and unnecessary Alternative Fuel Mixture Credit Greg Beato | 12.29.2009 3:00 PM ...

The liquid, known as black liquor, was declared eligible for alternative fuel tax credits if mill operators mixed in a little diesel fuel. At 50 cents per gallon of black liquor, publicly held ...

The so-called black liquor tax credit was a tax loophole in the Alternative Fuel Mixture Credit (AFMC) that was exploited by some companies in the forest-products industry beginning in 2005.

The Problem: Fossil fuel consumption is too high ... Turns out paper companies were already using a pure biofuel known as black liquor, which is produced during the paper-making process.

Papermakers already generate electricity by burning a wood byproduct from pulp-making called “black liquor.” To qualify for the windfall they are adding diesel fuel to the black liquor ...

The Internal Revenue Service made black liquor qualify for an alternative fuel credit when mixed with diesel and used to power paper plants. The IRS paid out some $7 billion in credits in 2009 ...

"Black liquor is routinely burned in a recovery boiler," says Andre Boehman, professor of fuel science. "But it has more energy value as a synthesis gas which is then used to create other fuels." ...

Black liquor is a by-product of the breakdown of wood and wood bark that’s generated in processes like the one used to make pulp at the paper mill. It can be used in place of fuel oil ...

The town said Tuesday there was a malfunction at the paper mill that caused a release of spent black liquor, which is a by-product of the paper-making process. That black liquor then caused the ...

“There’s going to be more options in Boston besides Irish bars,” said restaurateur Royal Smith. City officials in Boston are on a mission to pass legislation that would shift the landscape ...