“Project River” biomass-to-AI in TN will wipe out pine markets and increase pollution
AI fueled by burning trees is a predictably terrible idea
Air Pollution
Case Closed on Vermont’s Clean Heat Standard
Intended to reduce GHG emissions, the program instead included giveaways to wood-based polluters like the McNeil biomass power plant
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
PFPI Applauds Senate Action to End Woody Biomass Subsidies in MA
Massachusetts Senate bill removes woody biomass from two flagship state energy programs.
Massachusetts Revokes Permit for Springfield Biomass Plant
It turns out the state listened to the air quality arguments, after all.
Korean solar industry makes unprecedented legal challenge to “green” credentials of biomass energy
Canadian citizen joins suit against Korean government alleging irreparable harm to forests and climate from use of British Columbia wood pellets
MA House Climate Bill Would Promote Biomass Power Plants as “Non-Carbon Emitting Sources”
Proposed legislation throws a lifeline to a biomass plant developers keep trying to build in an environmental justice community in Springfield MA
EU Biomass Case Denied Access to The Courts
Paying people to burn wood for energy and simply counting the emissions as zero, as the EU now does, is hollowing out forests and actually increasing GHG emissions. Stopping this practice is essential climate mitigation – which is what we desperately need.
Higher Ed Partnerships with Energy Co’s Lock in Decades of High Emissions, Greenwash
Campuses are outsourcing energy planning to private companies pushing biomass and natural gas as clean and green
