Dominion Power and other big utilities want to replace coal with wood, threatening forests and the climate.
Forest Impact
Fracking in the George Washington National Forest: An Unnecessary Risk
The Bureau of Land Management has a terrible track record for inspecting gas wells its own scientists have said are high risk. Now the George Washington National Forest is at risk from drilling, and BLM oversight.
Dispelling the myth of clean, green biomass power
How did something that emits so much conventional pollution, and more greenhouse gases than coal, come to be incentivized as “green” energy?
Bioenergy in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has spent millions of dollars in public funds on bioenergy that emits more pollution than oil and gas.
Biopower in CA: do claims about forest thinning and emissions hold up?
Plans for forest thinning and biopower in California would require logging millions of forest acres per year. Is this really the state’s “carbon free” renewable energy plan?
Claims of “clean” energy uncovered for Vermont’s next high emissions biomass plant
The biomass plant proposed for North Springfield VT will be a large source of pollution and use unsustainable amounts of wood for fuel.
Massachusetts Cuts Renewable Energy Subsidies for Biomass Power
The State of Massachusetts is serious about reducing carbon emissions and policymakers realized that providing renewable energy subsidies to a technology that makes climate change worse didn’t make sense.
Massachusetts issues first-in-the-nation limits on biomass energy
High-emissions biomass power doesn’t belong in a renewable energy portfolio alongside no-emissions technologies like wind and solar.
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
EU climate plan bets on non-existent technology to reduce emissions
Plans for climate neutrality rely on doubling biomass burning and trapping CO2 using geological storage, locking EU into climate failure.
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
An Ambitious Climate Plan that Doesn’t Waste Time on False Solutions
The US Climate Action Network (USCAN) Vision for Equitable Climate Action roundly rejects biomass energy and offers a progressive plan for saving the planet
“Paper Tiger” report shows new EU biomass rules greenlight increased forest destruction
Analysis supports appeal of lawsuit against EU on forest biomass
Advocates Urge Mass Legislature to Pass Bills Protecting Forests and Climate
Bill McKibben, E.O. Wilson, Join Call for Urgent Action
Enviro Advocates Call Out MA Gov. Baker For Promoting Dirty Fuels As Renewable Energy
If the Baker administration gets their way, more so-called “clean energy” in MA will come from burning garbage and biomass
The Truly Green Path Forward in 2019
Focusing on forests in the Green New Deal can create jobs and save the climate
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