Climate-critical land carbon sink is rapidly declining, while harvesting and burning wood for biomass energy continues to grow
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Campuses are outsourcing energy planning to private companies pushing biomass and natural gas as clean and green
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The feds at the OSTP want input on the bioeconomy. Boy are there some stories to tell… because the biomass energy and bioeconomy sectors seem especially prone to fraud.
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The elite group of plants receiving hundreds of millions in taxpayer handouts had cost overruns, air and water violations, early closures, and lawsuits.
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Only one pathway avoids dangerous temperature rise without relying on unscalable and unproven technologies.
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Burning wood for power undermines efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, even under industry best-case scenarios.
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Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Disclosure Rules Should be Improved so that Companies Do Not Mislead Investors
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Why is the State of Massachusetts offering incentives for wood heating when wood burners are already a major source of air pollution in Massachusetts?
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Despite requiring clearcutting of millions of forest acres per year, the Department of Energy declines to assess carbon pollution impacts from a biofueled economy.
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Recent federal legislation has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to treat biomass energy as carbon neutral.
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