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
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Estonian law student takes on state-owned Finnish forestry company in battle to save her childhood singing fields
Case could make it easier for communities and NGOs to protect forests across Estonia, where vital woodland has been decimated by industrial logging
“Paper Tiger” report shows new EU biomass rules greenlight increased forest destruction
Analysis supports appeal of lawsuit against EU on forest biomass
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.
PFPI Launches Lawsuit Challenging Forest Biomass in the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive
The EU’s treatment of forest biomass as carbon neutral is harming forests, the climate, and communities.
Media Briefings for EU Biomass Case
The Center for Climate Integrity will host a media telebriefing to discuss a landmark climate lawsuit being filed that same day against the European Union.
New UK Biomass Policy Removes Subsidies For High-Carbon Wood Pellets
Even ignoring the CO2 coming out the smokestack, the new policy sets a lifecycle emissions standard that imported wood pellets can’t meet
Environmentalists applaud UK Government decision to restrict subsidies for new biomass power stations
Decision is key to protecting forests in the US Southeast, which are being cleared to fuel UK wood pellet demand
How UK Bioenergy Hurts Forests and the Climate
If the UK is serious about addressing climate change, it must help restore and expand forests – not burn them for energy.
