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Not being afraid to wield the hammer on GOP Congressman Greg Walden when he does something bad, annoying, wrong or otherwise Republicanish--I feel compelled to pipe up when there's a possibility that he's doing something progressive: Woody biomass from federal forestlands could be used to develop cellulosic ethanol under legislation reintroduced Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, and a Democratic colleague. The Renewable Biofuels Facilitation Act, also reintroduced by U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., would broaden the definition of cellulosic ethanol within the renewable fuels standard to include biomass gathered from federal lands as well as private...