California Scheming: Rural county officials diving into the wood pellet business
A proposal for two massive wood pellet plants in northern California is being hyped as a “forest resiliency” project
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New Bills Will Close Loopholes in Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Laws
New state bills in Massachusetts would end subsidies for woody biomass.
Massachusetts, States, Subsidies
Groups call on Congress to ditch the biomass “carbon neutrality” rider
More than 100 local, state, and national organizations are urging House and Senate leaders to keep the biomass carbon…
All posts, US Federal Policy
Maine forests next on the chopping block for biomass
More forest liquidation to be paid for with your tax dollars
Featured, Maine
Class action lawsuit alleges wood pellet maker Enviva is “engaged in textbook greenwashing”
We’re shocked – shocked! – to hear of Enviva’s “reckless disregard for the truth
All posts, Bioenergy finance, Corporate Accountability, Featured, Forests, Litigation, wood_pellets
EU climate, nature and air quality goals are in jeopardy because of wood-burning for energy, new study shows
Climate-critical land carbon sink is rapidly declining, while harvesting and burning wood for biomass energy continues to grow
Air Pollution, All posts, Carbon emissions, European Policy, Featured, International, Science/Analysis, Slider content, Subsidies
Groups Tell New York PSC: Don’t Fall for ReEnergy’s “Zero-Emission” Claims
Calling biomass energy “zero-emission”? Fuhgeddaboudit!
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Environmental coalition sues the European Commission over inclusion of biomass and forestry activities in EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
EU Commission has refused to reconsider taxonomy, which directs ‘sustainable investment’ towards activities causing immense environmental harm.
International, Litigation
European Parliament Takes First Step to Limit Forest Biomass Energy in the Renewable Energy Directive
Environmental groups expressed grave concerns that measures adopted by the European Parliament (EP) do not go far enough to limit the use of forest biomass in the Renewable Energy Directive
International
Massachusetts First in the Nation to End Renewable Energy Subsidies for Wood-Burning Power Plants
A new Massachusetts law expands clean energy development and ends renewable energy subsidies for wood-burning power plants.
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