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# Partnership for Policy Integrity

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## Posts

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- [Interactive Map of Fire Ignitions Shows Roadless Rule Rollback Will Increase Threat of Forest Fires](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/09/interactive-map-of-fire-ignitions-shows-roadless-rule-rollback-will-increase-threat-of-forest-fires/) - Data shows ignitions far more likely near roads than inside roadless areas; highlights data from eight western states
- [USDA’s own assessment shows eliminating the Roadless Rule will increase fires, landslides, and costs](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/09/usdas-own-assessment-shows-eliminating-the-roadless-rule-will-increase-fires-landslides-and-costs/) - USFS Assessment: On the one hand, allowing roadbuilding and timber harvesting in formerly roadless areas will increase fires, pollute drinking water, destroy wildlife habitat, and increase landslides… but on the other hand, it will cost billions and harm local economies!
- [New Analysis Measures Benefits of Intact, Roadless Forests](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/08/new-analysis-measures-benefits-of-intact-roadless-forests/) - A new analysis uses a “forest integrity score” to measure the value of intact forests versus those impacted by roads and other human-caused forest degradation.
- [Quadruple logging and more? Forest Service plan is race to the bottom for Oregon's largest ecoregion](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/08/quadruple-logging-and-more-forest-service-plan-is-race-to-the-bottom-for-oregons-largest-ecoregion/) - Oregon's Blue Mountains, known for their beautiful blue hues and endless forested views, are among the wildest remaining landscapes in the Lower 48.
- [Vermont’s Declining Forest Carbon Sink](https://www.pfpi.net/2024/11/vermonts-declining-forest-carbon-sink/) - Vermont uses wood for many of its heating and electricity needs. New policies and proposals under development could increase wood-burning significantly.
- [The Drax Whistleblower Case: Its Significance for UK Biomass Policy](https://www.pfpi.net/2025/03/the-drax-whistleblower-case-its-significance-for-uk-biomass-policy/) - The tribunal has revealed deep dysfunction at Drax but also what looks a lot like willful blindness on the part of the government.
- [Partnership for Policy Integrity Applauds Massachusetts Senate Vote to Close Biomass Loophole](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/07/partnership-for-policy-integrity-applauds-massachusetts-senate-vote-to-close-biomass-loophole/) - PFPI applauds the Massachusetts Senate's 35–4 vote to remove woody biomass from the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard (GGES) for municipal lighting plants.
- [New York State Budget Goes into Overtime as Climate Law Becomes Focus of Negotiations](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/04/new-york-state-budget-goes-into-overtime-as-climate-law-becomes-focus-of-negotiations/) - It feels like déjà vu: Governor Hochul is yet again trying to weaken NY's landmark climate law.
- [New York’s Shameful Retreat on Climate Leadership](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/05/new-yorks-shameful-retreat-on-climate-leadership/) - Science? Who needs science when you can just lower the bar?
- [Fighting to Protect the Public's Voice in Public Lands](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/04/fighting-to-protect-the-publics-voice-in-public-lands/) - The Public's right to participate in the management of our National Forests is under attack. Read PFPI's comments on the proposed changes to the "objection process."
- [PFPI comments on Proposed Clean Water Act Rule](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/02/pfpi-comments-on-proposed-clean-water-act-rule/) - Clean water is essential to security and to the health and well-being of our nation. Read PFPI's comments on Proposed Clean Water Act Rule.
- [Case Closed on Vermont’s Clean Heat Standard](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/02/case-closed-on-vermonts-clean-heat-standard/) - Intended to reduce GHG emissions, the program instead included giveaways to wood-based polluters like the McNeil biomass power plant
- [How bureaucrats are trying to trick UK lawmakers about biomass and Drax](https://www.pfpi.net/2025/03/how-bureaucrats-are-trying-to-trick-uk-lawmakers-about-biomass-and-drax/) - Recent Parliamentary hearings showcased how hard the government is working to protect the energy giant
- [UK biomass company Drax caught in forest destruction cover-up. US policymakers, take note.](https://www.pfpi.net/2024/10/uk-biomass-company-drax-caught-in-forest-destruction-cover-up-us-policymakers-take-note/) - UK bioenergy giant Drax has repeatedly lied about logging primary forests in British Columbia to make wood pellets. US policymakers must not trust this company. UK bioenergy giant Drax has repeatedly lied about logging primary forests in British Columbia to make wood pellets. US policymakers must not trust this company.
- [PFPI's New US Director of Science and Policy](https://www.pfpi.net/2026/01/pfpis-new-us-director-of-science-and-policy/) - David Mildrexler shares his background and thoughts on what lies ahead for his work with PFPI.
- [One Bill To Screw Us All](https://www.pfpi.net/2025/06/one-bill-to-screw-us-all/) - Make America Dirtier, Weaker, and Poorer
- [Once you see it, you can’t unsee it: “negative emissions” from BECCS is a scam](https://www.pfpi.net/2025/07/once-you-see-it-you-cant-unsee-it-negative-emissions-from-beccs-is-a-scam/) - Parking tree-carbon belowground doesn't remove carbon pollution from the atmosphere
- [One-Time Biomass Dealmaker for Munis Now Supports Removing State Incentive for Biomass](https://www.pfpi.net/2025/09/one-time-massachusetts-biomass-dealmaker-for-municipal-utilities-now-supports-removing-state-incentive-for-biomass/) - In a surprising turn, an organization previously promoting biomass power now supports ending a Massachusetts incentive for biomass energy.
- [The scammy, whammy world of the "bioeconomy" - a warning to regulators on National Bioenergy Day](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/10/the-scammy-whammy-world-of-the-bioeconomy-a-warning-to-regulators/) - 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.
- [Air quality “Hazardous”, but MA determined to issue biomass pollution permit](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/04/air-quality-hazardous-but-ma-determined-to-issue-biomass-pollution-permit/) - April 12 was a “hazardous” day for air quality in western Massachusetts, yet it's full speed ahead for the Palmer Renewable Energy plant in Springfield, which will be one of the largest emitters of particle pollution in the region.
- [Biomass doesn’t belong in a “Clean Energy Standard”](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/04/biomass-doesnt-belong-in-a-clean-energy-standard/) - It’s been an article of faith with many in Congress that everything from Godzilla (nukes) to unicorns (coal with carbon capture) belongs in a Clean Energy Standard. We’re so grateful to find Republicans that acknowledge that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a worthy goal, we figured we’d play along, and submit our comments on why biomass doesn’t belong in a Clean Energy Standard.
- [Health Orgs to Congress: leave the Clean Air Act alone!](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/04/health-orgs-to-congress-leave-the-clean-air-act-alone/) - Health organizations, and the American people, tell Congress to stop legislating science and stop weakening one of the preeminent public health laws in the U.S.
- [Utility Biomass Threatens Ohio's Forests](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/04/utility-scale-biomass-a-critical-threat-to-ohios-forests/) - Power companies in Ohio have set their sights on burning trees for electricity as a way to get a few more years out of their oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants. Ohio has included “trees” in its definition of renewable energy sources. Wood demand to generate the 2,100 megawatts of "renewable" power certified by the State would require nearly 30 million tons of trees per year.
- [EPA Delay On Regulating Biomass CO2 Is A Giveaway To Industry](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/04/781/) - EPA does not need to wait three years to assess the greenhouse gas implications of burning biomass for energy, and doing so will create a fleet of permanently unregulated plants that are huge greenhouse gas emitters.
- [State Poised to Increase Air Pollution in Springfield](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/04/state-poised-to-sanction-renewable-energy-snakepit-in-springfield/) - When the dust settles from the public hearing on the Palmer Renewable Energy biomass plant in Springfield, MA, Hampden country will still be out of compliance with pollution standards for ozone, Springfield's kids will still have asthma and elevated blood lead levels at twice the state average, and the city will still be experiencing high particle pollution. And that's if they don't build the plant.
- [et tu, Hawaii? Biomass Developers Low-Ball Numbers to Avoid Pollution Controls](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/04/et-tu-hawaii-biomass-developers-low-ball-numbers-to-avoid-pollution-controls/) - The Hu Honua plant, an old coal burner which is being converted to burn wood, will emit 20 to 30 tons per year of toxic chemicals like formaldehyde, benzene, and hydrochloric acid, dangerous metals like arsenic and mercury, and harmful combustion byproducts including dioxin.
- [Wisconsin Plant Would be a Huge Polluter](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/03/domtar-biomass-power-plant-would-be-a-huge-polluter/) - Carbon dioxide emissions from the biomass boiler will be 3,120 pounds per megawatt-hour, more than six times the 510 pounds per megawatt-hour allowed for the facility’s new natural gas burner.
- [Vermont, wake up and do the math!](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/03/vermont-wake-up-and-do-the-biomass-math/) - Many public officials don’t seem to recognize the threat that large-scale biomass plants and wood pellet manufacturing plants present to the State’s forests.
- [Manomet didn't go far enough](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/03/manomet-probably-understated-carbon-emissions-from-biomass-power/) - The Manomet study relies on a number of assumptions that minimize the calculation of net carbon emissions from biomass, meaning that actual emissions are likely significantly greater than the study concludes.
- [Massachusetts Manomet Study: Biomass Worse Than Coal for 40 Years](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/03/massachusetts-manomet-study-biomass-worse-than-coal-for-40-years/) - The only independent, multi-stakeholder study of the carbon impacts of burning trees to generate electricity found that it would take 40 years of forest regrowth just to get to parity in carbon pollution with burning coal for those same four decades. To get to parity with natural gas would take almost a century.
- [Washington State's Carbon Ponzi Scheme](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/03/wa-carbon-ponzi-scheme/) - Acting as if the carbon emitted from trees cut and burned here will be sequestered by trees over there makes as much sense as letting a coal plant write off its emissions because it’s not cutting trees over there, either.
- [Carbon neutral? Think again.](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/03/carbon-neutral-think-again/) - The current boom in biomass energy depends entirely on the mutually reinforcing myths of renewability and carbon neutrality. But in practice, biomass energy is far carbon neutral and actually looks a lot more like coal and oil.
- [How much of your “clean, renewable” energy comes out of a smokestack?](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/10/how-much-of-your-clean-renewable-energy-comes-out-of-a-smokestack/) - The biomass power industry produced 1.4% of power in the United States in 2009, but a far greater proportion of air pollution. How is this "clean" energy, again?
- [Vermont’s latest biomass power plant: about as green as week-old toast](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/10/vermonts-latest-biomass-power-plant-about-as-green-as-week-old-toast/) - Numbers from the Beaver Wood Energy biomass plant reveal it will be one of the biggest polluters in Vermont.
- [Throwing good money after bad at Taylor Biomass in Orange County, NY](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/10/throwing-good-money-after-bad-at-taylor-biomass-in-orange-county-ny/) - DOE’s loans are intended to support development of “innovative and advanced clean technologies”. We’re wondering what’s so innovative, advanced, and clean about a garbage burner.
- [Halloween Trick – Bad air day in Western MA](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/10/halloween-trick-bad-air-day-in-western-ma/) - Biomass power plants won’t reduce residential wood-burning and the pollution it produces one iota, but will add hundreds of tons more new particulate matter and ozone-precursors to the air.
- [EPA finally pushes back against know-nothing pollution promoters](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/11/epa-finally-pushes-back-against-know-nothing-pollution-promoters/) - Lisa Jackson: "We all remember 'too big to fail'; this pseudo jobs plan to protect polluters might well be called 'too dirty to fail.' How we respond will mean the difference between sickness and health — in some cases, life and death — for hundreds of thousands of people."
- [New Jersey clean energy plan: "Burn more garbage"](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/11/new-jersey-clean-energy-plan-burn-more-garbage/) - New ratepayer subsidies to burn trash in New Jersey ? Sounds like a plan that only the waste industry could love, but it’s the state's "green" Energy Master Plan that writes a new chapter in NJ's waste industry story.
- [Vermont's plans for bioenergy threaten forests](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/12/vermonts-plans-for-bioenergy-threaten-forests/) - "Until the state has a solid understanding of how much wood is realistically available without diminishing the long-term health and diversity of our forests, and until there is a protective harvesting standard in place, there should be a moratorium on any new, large-scale facilities in Vermont.”
- [“Renewable” biomass power cuts forests, pollutes the air, drains rivers, and worsens global warming](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/04/renewable-biomass-power-cuts-forests-pollutes-the-air-drains-rivers-and-worsens-global-warming/) - There’s no faster way to move carbon into the air than by cutting and burning forests, and permit data shows biomass is dirtier than coal. But consumers pay more for this so-called “clean” energy.
- [New Survey Shows Americans Don’t Support Biomass Energy](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/04/new-survey-shows-americans-dont-support-biomass-energy/) - Americans across the political spectrum want renewable energy that protects health and the environment, and understand that burning trees for energy is not "clean and green".
- [Massachusetts issues first-in-the-nation limits on biomass energy](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/04/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.
- [Op-Ed: Collins should fight for limits on toxic pollution, not against them](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/07/op-ed-collins-should-fight-for-limits-on-toxic-pollution-not-against-them/) - Now is not the time to weaken the Clean Air Act, which has served Maine and the nation well for decades.
- [Niagara Generation: camel’s nose under the tent for New York's RPS](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/06/niagara-generation-camels-nose-under-the-tent-for-new-yorks-rps/) - The Niagara Generation plant burns coal, tires, and “clean” construction and demolition wood to produce electricity. Now it wants subsidies for dirty wood, too.
- [Op-Ed: Thirdworld, Firstworld - Senator Collins' concerns about air pollution need to come home](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/07/thirdworld-firstworld-senator-collins-concerns-about-air-pollution-need-to-come-home/) - Senator Collins’ bill to improve cookstoves in the third world outlines exactly why she should support better pollution controls on industirial boilers here at home.
- [Op-Ed: Don't contaminate concept of clean energy](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/07/op-ed-dont-contaminate-concept-of-clean-energy/) - We all pay for phony "clean" and "renewable" energy choices — in publically funded subsidies, but also in toxic air pollution, climate warming, and damage to the environment. It's time to reclaim the concept of clean energy, lest it be contaminated forever.
- [Massachusetts Cuts Renewable Energy Subsidies for Biomass Power](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/08/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.
- [The Camel’s Nose is Swatted Back: NiGen Denied Subsidies for Burning Contaminated Wood in New York](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/09/the-camels-nose-is-swatted-back-nigen-facility-denied-subsidies-for-burning-contaminated-wood-in-new-york/) - The NYPSC denial of NiGen’s petition throws the company back on their own devices.
- [Claims of "clean" energy uncovered for Vermont's next high emissions biomass plant](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/09/vermonts-next-high-emissions-biomass-plant-masquerades-as-clean-energy/) - The biomass plant proposed for North Springfield VT will be a large source of pollution and use unsustainable amounts of wood for fuel.
- [Biopower in CA: do claims about forest thinning and emissions hold up?](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/09/biopower-forest-thinning-and-carbon-in-california-do-the-claims-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?
- [MA biomass regulations - what do they mean?](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/10/massachusetts-new-biomass-regulations-what-do-they-mean/) - Considering renewable energy is supposed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including low-efficiency, high-emissions biomass power in state RPS programs doesn't make sense.
- [Not the "clean energy" we had in mind](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/11/high-emissions-biomass-in-lithonia-georgia-and-manchester-uk-not-the-clean-energy-citizens-had-in-mind/) - Lithonia, GA and Manchester, UK, are facing polluting, high-emissions biomass power plants sold as "green" power, even though air pollution is already at unhealthy levels.
- [Bioenergy in Pennsylvania](https://www.pfpi.net/2012/12/pfpi-report-pa-subsidizes-polluting-biomass-burners-near-vulnerable-populations/) - Pennsylvania has spent millions of dollars in public funds on bioenergy that emits more pollution than oil and gas.
- [Time to clean up the Solutia coal burner in Springfield, MA](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/02/pfpi-and-arise-file-notice-of-intent-over-polluting-coal-plant-in-springfield-ma/) - The Solutia coal plant causes violations of air quality and health standards in the Springfield region. It's time it was modernized.
- [Waste gasification: coming soon to Mass?](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/02/waste-gasification-overhyped-polluting-and-coming-soon-to-massachusetts/) - Gasification is not a magic technology that makes toxics disappear. New garbage gasifiers in Massachusetts will emit hundreds of tons of air pollution and consume materials that should be recycled.
- [Dispelling the myth of clean, green biomass power](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/03/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?
- [CT Bill 1138 sets bad biopower precedents](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/03/connecticut-bill-1138-would-set-bad-precedents-for-biomass-power/) - If Connecticut wants move away from purchasing “dirty” biopower from Maine, shouldn’t the state make sure its biopower is actually low-emissions?
- [“Barriers” to biopower for the TVA](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/04/barriers-to-biopower-for-the-tennessee-valley-authority/) - The Tennessee Valley Authority doesn’t need renewable energy that increases forest harvesting in the Southeast.
- [Taylor Biomass report: inflated claims to DOE loan program](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/05/doe-urged-to-reject-100-million-loan-guarantee-for-polluting-taylor-biomass-waste-gasification-plant/) - Taylor Biomass repeatedly uses the word ‘clean’ in their DOE loan guarantee application, but emissions under the facility's New York State air permit are no better than a conventional garbage incinerator.
- [More than 200 residents, community groups petition Solutia to end coal-burning](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/06/more-than-200-residents-community-groups-petition-solutia-to-end-coal-burning/) - The coal plant at Solutia in Springfield is violating air quality standards in one of the most polluted regions of Massachusetts.
- [Solutia agrees to end coal-burning in Springfield](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/06/solutia-agrees-to-end-coal-burning-in-springfield/) - PFPI found Solutia is violating EPA health standards by emitting hundreds of tons of sulfur dioxide each year, but the switch to natural gas will reduce emissions.
- [Biomass energy: the bad apple in the Administration's renewable energy barrel](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/06/biomass-energy-a-bad-apple-in-obamas-climate-plan/) - Biomass power emits three times more CO2 than the standard the Administration is proposing for power plants.
- [More Good News in MA: End of the Road for Greenfield Biomass Project](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/07/more-good-news-in-ma-end-of-the-road-for-greenfield-biomass-project/) - The Pioneer Renewable Energy project would have burned almost 600,000 tons of wood a year, the equivalent wood yielded by clearcutting 6,000 acres of Massachusetts' forests annually.
- [Environmental groups respond to Congressman Maloney dust-up with the White House over Taylor Biomass](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/08/environmental-groups-respond-to-congressman-maloney-dust-up-with-the-white-house-over-taylor-biomass/) - We’re not surprised that the President won't discuss the Taylor Biomass DOE loan guarantee. Political pressure makes it harder for DOE to objectively evaluate the project.
- [Biomass thermal energy pollutes, solar energy doesn't - why subsidize both?](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/08/biomass-thermal-energy-pollutes-solar-energy-doesnt-why-subsidize-both/) - Are legislators ready to explain to families with asthmatic children why the state is paying their neighbors to increase air pollution?
- [Time to reform RPS programs that make climate change worse](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/10/time-to-reform-rps-programs-that-make-climate-change-worse/) - DC's RPS has been swamped by high-emissions bioenergy burning fuels that are dirtier than coal.
- [Environmental coalition calls for subsidy cuts to dirty biomass energy](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/10/environmental-coalition-calls-for-subsidy-cuts-to-dirty-biomass-energy/) - Why give tax credits to an industry that accelerates forest harvesting, emits more climate-disrupting greenhouse gases than fossil fuels, and increases air pollution?
- [Securities and Exchange Comm. Bioenergy Report](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/11/investors-to-sec-please-scrutinize-bioenergy-claims/) - Investors With $100 Billion in Assets Complain to SEC of Misleading and Incomplete Statements About Climate Benefits, Carbon Neutrality, and Risk of Regulatory Action.
- [Groups in Shadow of Biomass Power Plants Request EPA Relief](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/12/groups-in-shadow-of-biomass-power-plants-request-epa-relief/) - Environmental Groups in 23 States Decry Unregulated Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Excessive Air Pollution From Biomass Plants
- [Vermont biomass power plant denied approval on basis of greenhouse gas emissions](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/02/vermont-biomass-power-plant-denied-approval-on-basis-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions/) - Public Service Board states North Springfield Sustainable Energy would “not promote the general good”
- [Investors press Dominion to come clean on biomass power risks](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/02/investors-press-dominion-to-come-clean-on-biomass-power-risks/) - Dominion should conduct a study explaining the risk to their substantial biomass power investments if, and when, bioenergy CO2 is regulated
- [Trees, Trash, and Toxics: How Biomass Energy Has Become the New Coal](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/04/trees-trash-and-toxics-how-biomass-energy-has-become-the-new-coal/) - Lax regulations allowing contaminated wastes to be burned as biomass mean that communities need to protect themselves - they can’t count on air permits to minimize bioenergy pollution.
- [PFPI response to Biomass Power Association, and a Challenge - Let's Debate Biomass Power in Public](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/04/pfpi-response-to-biomass-power-association-and-a-challenge-lets-debate-biomass-power-in-public/) - For a group that complained so much about "inaccuracies" in our report on bioenergy pollution, BPA sure got a lot of things wrong in their response.
- [Shareholders urge Dominion Energy to study climate and investment risks of biomass power](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/05/shareholders-urge-dominion-energy-to-study-climate-and-investment-risks-of-biomass-power/) - Decreasing public and policy support for bioenergy makes the company’s renewable energy investments in bioenergy a liability, instead of an asset.
- [Department of Energy should stop offering loan supports for dirty energy technologies](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/05/department-of-energy-should-stop-offering-loan-supports-for-dirty-energy-technologies/) - Garbage incineration and biomass burning create environmental, health, and financial risk. Private lenders know this - why doesn't DOE?
- [Federal Trade Commission Bioenergy Report](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/07/federal-trade-commission-urged-to-investigate-biomass-power-industry/) - Bioenergy Greenwashing Explained
- [Largest DC Area Water Provider Opposes Fracking in George Washington National Forest](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/10/largest-dc-area-water-provider-opposes-fracking-in-gw-national-forest/) - With the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s resolution, every major water provider in the DC area now opposes gas extraction in the George Washington National Forest
- [Fracking in the George Washington National Forest:  An Unnecessary Risk](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/11/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.
- [EPA Proposes Final Guidance for Counting Carbon Emissions from Wood-burning Power Plants: Admits They Degrade Climate, Then Ignores Science](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/11/epa-proposes-final-guidance-for-counting-carbon-emissions-from-wood-burning-power-plants-admits-they-degrade-climate-then-ignores-science/) - No doubt many of the biomass power plants responsible for emitting 78 million tons of carbon dioxide - more than the combined power sector emissions of 13 states - claim they're burning "sustainably" sourced fuels
- [WEBINAR slides: The Role of Biomass in the Clean Power Plan - EPA's Accounting Punt and Emerging Threats to Forests](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/01/webinar-the-role-of-biomass-in-the-clean-power-plan-epas-accounting-punt-and-emerging-threats-to-forests/) - EPA's proposal to ignore bioenergy emissions is a disaster for forests and the climate - join us to find out why.
- [Massachusetts Environmental Groups to EPA – Treating Bioenergy as Having Zero Emissions Undermines the Science](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/02/massachusetts-environmental-groups-to-epa-treating-bioenergy-as-having-zero-emissions-undermines-the-science/) - EPA’s decision to override established science and treat biomass energy as carbon neutral is disappointing for clean energy advocates and is a threat to the hard-won, science-based rules adopted in Massachusetts.
- [Ohio Groups Tell EPA, Our Forests Aren’t for Burning](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/02/ohio-groups-tell-epa-our-forests-arent-for-burning/) - Treating bioenergy as if it has no carbon emissions could make proposed coal-to-wood conversions in Ohio viable, threatening the state's forests with being cut for biomass fuel.
- [Virginia Groups to EPA:  Tree-burning Isn’t “Clean” Power](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/02/virginia-groups-to-epa-tree-burning-isnt-clean-power/) - Dominion Power and other big utilities want to replace coal with wood, threatening forests and the climate.
- [DC and MD Health and Environmental Advocates to EPA: Highly Polluting Bioenergy Doesn't Belong In The Clean Power Plan](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/03/dc-and-md-health-advocates-and-environmental-groups-to-epa-highly-polluting-bioenergy-doesnt-belong-in-the-clean-power-plan/) - You can’t meet carbon and air pollution reduction goals by replacing coal with something that’s dirtier than coal
- [Shareholder Resolution at Dominion Resources, Virginia: Biopower Investments Need Scrutiny](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/05/shareholder-resolution-at-dominion-resources-virginia-biopower-investments-need-scrutiny/) - Since this resolution was offered last year, Washington, DC has eliminated renewable energy subsidies for low efficiency biomass power, meaning that Dominion will not be able to benefit from this market.
- [Senators Markey and Warren call for moratorium on bioenergy in the Obama Clean Power Plan](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/05/senators-markey-and-warren-call-for-moratorium-on-bioenergy-in-the-obama-clean-power-plan/) - We can’t reduce emissions under the Clean Power Plan by replacing coal with the only thing that emits more carbon pollution: biomass
- [Letter from Rep. Connolly (VA) to EPA: Treating bioenergy as carbon neutral may undermine the Clean Power Plan](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/05/letter-from-rep-connolly-va-to-epa-treating-bioenergy-as-carbon-neutral-may-undermine-the-clean-power-plan/) - Treating biomass as carbon-neutral may have unintended consequences that could actually undermine and inhibit our ability to reduce carbon emissions.
- [PFPI petitions EPA to overturn permit for Piedmont Green Power, a 60.5 MW biomass plant in Georgia](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/05/pfpi-petitions-epa-to-overturn-permit-for-piedmont-green-power-a-60-5-mw-biomass-plant-in-georgia/) - The facility, which received millions in federal clean energy funding, has a “Don’t ask don’t tell” policy for fuel contamination
- [Clearcutting forests for biomass to keep aging coal plants operating – the biomass industry’s “Clean Power” plan](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/06/clearcutting-forests-for-biomass-to-keep-aging-coal-plants-operating-the-biomass-industrys-clean-power-plan/) - It’s time to stop referring to this dirty, environmentally destructive industry as “clean” energy, and start calling it what it is - an obscenity.
- [Biomass Industry Forest Carbon Accounting Explained Simply (Investors, Take Note!)](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/06/biomass-industry-forest-carbon-accounting-explained-simply-investors-take-note/) - If you're someone who's been suckered by biomass industry claims that burning trees doesn't emit carbon, this post's for you.
- [Representative Beyer (VA) to EPA: Treating biomass as carbon neutral allows Virginia's forests to be harvested for fuel](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/06/representative-beyer-va-to-epa-treating-biomass-as-carbon-neutral-allows-virginias-forests-to-be-harvested-for-fuel/) - "I share the concern that Virginia will become known as a state that harvests forests to reduce its dependence on coal, rather than one that develops renewable technologies that clearly reduce emissions, such as solar and wind"
- [EPA's fracking study found proven harm, serious risk and inadequate science - so what's the problem?](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/06/epas-fracking-study-found-proven-harm-serious-risk-and-inadequate-science-so-whats-the-problem/) - The report found that fracking can -- and has -- contaminated drinking water through several pathways, refuting drilling industry protests that such contamination is impossible.
- [Coalition calls on White House to take wood-burning power plants out of plan for reducing greenhouse emissions](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/06/coalition-calls-on-white-house-to-take-wood-burning-power-plants-out-of-plan-for-reducing-greenhouse-emissions/) - There’s really no better way to sabotage the Clean Power Plan than by burning up the forest carbon sink in power plants and then treating the electricity generated as if it has zero emissions.
- [White House threatens veto of EPA appropriations bill due to riders, including bioenergy carbon neutrality provision](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/06/white-house-threatens-veto-of-epa-appropriations-bill-due-to-riders-including-bioenergy-carbon-neutrality-provision/) - Legislating biomass as carbon neutral is dumb and dangerous. Apparently the White House agrees.
- [Municipal Waste Burning: More Polluting Than Coal, But Treated as Zero-Emissions in the Clean Power Plan](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/07/municipal-waste-burning-more-polluting-than-coal-but-treated-as-zero-emissions-in-the-clean-power-plan/) - A new analysis finds that the Clean Power Plan treats burning even fossil-fuel derived wastes like plastics as having zero emissions.
- [Biomass in the Clean Power Plan: More Accountability, But Still Considered "Zero-Emissions"](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/08/biomass-in-the-clean-power-plan-more-accountability-but-still-considered-zero-emissions/) - Emission reductions should be "quantifiable, verifiable, non-duplicative, permanent and enforceable." Is this even possible with biomass?
- [EPA’s Study Presents an Incomplete Picture of Fracking and Drinking Water Impacts](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/09/epas-study-presents-an-incomplete-picture-of-fracking-and-drinking-water-impacts/) - Concluding a lack of “widespread, systemic impacts” while ignoring impacts from spills and injection of billions of gallons of wastewater is misleading.
- [Groups Say U.P. Biomass Power Plant Blankets Community in Toxic Soot](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/09/groups-say-u-p-biomass-power-plant-blankets-community-in-toxic-soot/) - Burning shredded tires and pesticide-treated railroad ties, the L'Anse Warden plant is allowed by its permit to emit more pollution than Michigan's coal plants.
- [Ensuring the Clean Power Plan is Actually "Clean": Resources for Citizens](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/09/ensuring-the-clean-power-plan-is-actually-clean-resources-for-citizens/) - The Clean Power Plan contains loopholes that could actually make climate change and air pollution worse. Citizens can help states write compliance plans that reduce emissions and avoid dirty energy.
- [Webinar Nov 4 & Nov 5: Bioenergy and Waste-burning Loopholes in the Clean Power Plan (and How to Avoid Them)](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/10/webinar-nov-4-nov-5-bioenergy-and-waste-burning-loopholes-in-the-clean-power-plan-and-how-to-avoid-them/) - Want to know how you can influence your state’s implementation of the Clean Power Plan to ensure that the Plan actually reduces emissions of CO2 and other pollutants?
- [Webinar slides:  Bioenergy Loopholes in the Clean Power Plan, and How to Avoid Them](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/11/webinar-today-12-pm-est-bioenergy-loopholes-in-the-clean-power-plan-and-how-to-avoid-them/) - Wood-burning power plants and waste incinerators emit more CO2 than coal plants, so why is EPA allowing bioenergy and waste incineration in the Clean Power Plan?
- [Interpreting the Biomass Power Association's Complaints: An Annotated Guide](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/12/interpreting-the-biomass-power-associations-complaints-an-annotated-guide/) - The Biomass Power Association wants Massachusetts to rescind regulations on biomass power plants and go back to a system of paying them to pollute because these highly carbon-intensive facilities can't meet the state's standards.
- [Misleading Claims by Pellet Giant Enviva to the SEC](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/03/new-report-seeks-securities-and-exchange-commission-investigation-of-misleading-climate-claims-by-biomass-industry-giant/) - 34 investment groups with over $53 billion in assets under management have requested that the SEC examine claims of climate benefits in the biomass energy sector, and enforce disclosure rules
- [RGGI’s failure to count biomass CO2 means emissions “reductions” are dramatically overstated](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/03/rggis-failure-to-count-biomass-co2-means-emissions-reductions-are-dramatically-overstated/) - Our analysis of RGGI’s own projections for CO2 emissions shows that if biomass CO2 were counted, actual emissions could be more than 40% higher than are currently projected.
- [Briefing: Forest and Climate Impacts of Biomass Energy](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/04/briefing-forest-and-climate-impacts-of-biomass-energy/) - Slides from PFPI's portion of April 6 briefing on biomass energy, hosted by Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey's office.
- [Toxic Secrets:  Companies Exploit Weak US Chemical Rules To Hide Fracking Risks](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/04/toxic-secrets-companies-exploit-weak-us-chemical-rules-to-hide-fracking-risks/) - Toxic Substances Control Act allows companies to conceal information on chemical identities, risks; Congressional reform effort would not fix problems Download the report here Pelham, MA - As fracking for gas and oil exploded across the landscape, federal law enabled chemical makers to win approval of fracking and drilling chemicals by EPA with no health testing
- [Forest and Climate Impacts of the UK's Bioenergy Policy](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/04/forest-and-climate-impacts-of-the-uks-bioenergy-policy/) - It really is that simple. Claims that biomass "reduces" emissions rely on not counting the CO2 emitted when the biomass is burned.
- [Risible RISI: Why the Biomass Industry’s Carbon Arguments Should Make You Spit Out Your Coffee](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/05/risible-risi-why-the-biomass-industrys-carbon-arguments-should-make-you-spit-out-your-coffee/) - The biomass industry's Carbon Ponzi Scheme may fool lawmakers, but it won't fool the atmosphere
- ["Threatened Forests": Incredible film documents forest destruction by Enviva, other bioenergy producers](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/05/threatened-forests-incredible-film-documents-forest-destruction-by-enviva-other-bioenergy-producers/) - Irrefutable evidence of the forest destruction by the wood pellet industry.
- [Senate Legislation Cedes the US Forest Carbon Sink to the Biomass Industry – Even as Forests Are Already Declining](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/06/senate-legislation-cedes-the-us-forest-carbon-sink-to-the-biomass-industry-even-as-forests-are-already-declining/) - We all know burning trees drives climate change, but Senate legislation now being considered would dictate that burning more trees does not increase carbon pollution.
- [PFPI Comments on Bioenergy in MA Thermal Standard](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/06/pfpi-comments-on-bioenergy-in-ma-thermal-standard/) - Watch this space for comments for upcoming meetings on Massachusetts subsidies for thermal bioenergy, including wood pellets
- [Letter from MA Groups to Congress: Don't Legislate Bioenergy As Having Zero Pollution](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/06/letter-from-ma-groups-to-congress-dont-legislate-bioenergy-as-having-zero-pollution/) - Policy riders forcing EPA to treat wood-burning power plants as emitting zero carbon pollution defy climate science and the demonstrable fact that burning trees for power emits more carbon than coal or gas.
- [Status of amendments that would force EPA to treat bioenergy as carbon neutral, and the urgent need for legislative opposition](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/06/status-of-amendments-that-would-force-epa-to-treat-bioenergy-as-carbon-neutral-and-the-urgent-need-for-legislative-opposition/) - Legislating that biomass energy has no carbon pollution is legislating a lie.
- [Climate reality check...](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/06/climate-reality-check/) - Recent federal legislation has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to treat biomass energy as carbon neutral.
- [Virginia groups call on Congress to oppose biomass carbon neutrality myth](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/07/virginia-groups-call-on-congress-to-oppose-biomass-carbon-neutrality-myth/) - Legislating that bioenergy produces no carbon pollution makes as little sense as legislating that climate change does not exist.
- [USDA's Promotion of Tree-Burning Undermines the Administration's Climate Goals](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/07/usdas-promotion-of-tree-burning-undermines-the-administrations-climate-goals/) - False claims that wood pellets are climate-friendly misrepresent Forest Service science and are an ominous sign for US forests.
- [DOE’s “Billion Ton” Biomass Report - We read it so you wouldn’t have to](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/07/does-billion-ton-biomass-report-we-read-it-so-you-wouldnt-have-to/) - Despite requiring clearcutting of millions of forest acres per year, the Department of Energy declines to assess carbon pollution impacts from a biofueled economy.
- [Thank you, President Obama, for recognizing biomass isn't "carbon neutral"](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/09/thank-you-president-obama-for-recognizing-biomass-isnt-carbon-neutral/) - The White House strongly objects to language in the House Appropriations Bill that would compel EPA to treat wood-burning power plants as if they emit zero carbon pollution.
- [New analysis of government data finds burning wood for electricity will undermine Clean Power Plan](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/10/new-analysis-of-government-data-finds-burning-wood-for-electricity-will-undermine-clean-power-plan/) - The Energy Information Administration found biomass will displace solar energy, not coal, if classified as "carbon neutral" in the Clean Power Plan.
- [Groups Urge Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to Count Biomass Carbon Pollution](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/11/groups-urge-regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative-to-count-biomass-carbon-pollution/) - RGGI should assess whether millions of tons of uncounted carbon pollution from wood-burning power plants undercut efforts on climate.
- [Evidence Suggests Obama Administration Manipulated Fracking Study](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/11/evidence-suggests-obama-administration-manipulated-fracking-study/) - A statement that EPA's study hadn't found widespread, systemic impacts on water systems is at odds with the actual findings of the report
- [Calling Out UK Bioenergy Myths, Facing Realities](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/12/calling-out-uk-bioenergy-myths-facing-realities/) - How the UK Can Save Forests, the Climate, and Piles of Money
- [EPA Holds Piedmont Green Power Accountable for Air Pollution](https://www.pfpi.net/2016/12/epa-holds-piedmont-green-power-accountable-for-air-pollution/) - The Piedmont biomass plant burns hundreds of thousands of tons of wood, but doesn't ensure fuels are uncontaminated and doesn't test for hazardous air pollutants
- [EPA’s Fracking and Drinking Water Study:  A Win for Science, but More Work Remains](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/01/epas-fracking-and-drinking-water-study-a-win-for-science-but-more-work-remains/) - Fracking has contaminated water supplies though spills, poorly sealed wells, seepage, and well blowouts.
- [International Scientists to UK: Spending Billions to Burn Trees Won't Help the Climate](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/03/international-scientists-to-uk-spending-billions-to-burn-trees-wont-help-the-climate/) - To prevent dangerous climate warming, we need to plant trees, not burn them for energy.
- [Maryland Fracking Ban Would Protect DC Area Drinking Water](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/03/maryland-fracking-ban-would-protect-dc-area-drinking-water/) - A big victory for drinking water in the DC area and throughout the Free State.
- [Maine legislators urged to reject subsidies for polluting biomass energy](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/04/maine-legislators-urged-to-reject-subsidies-for-polluting-biomass-energy/) - People pay extra on their electricity bill to support clean energy, but with biomass they’re actually paying to pollute.
- [Comments to EPA on "Regulatory Reform"](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/05/comments-to-epa-on-regulatory-reform/) - Regulatory reform at EPA is a stalking horse for gutting environmental protections. Citizens must watch EPA's process carefully to ensure it doesn't give away the store on a clean and safe environment.
- [Climate and waste-reduction groups ask US Conference of Mayors to reject incineration as "clean energy"](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/06/climate-and-waste-reduction-groups-ask-us-conference-of-mayors-to-reject-garbage-incineration-as-clean-energy/) - As they take action on climate change, the nation's Mayors must commit to zero-emissions energy goals.
- [Massachusetts tops New England in air pollution from wood burning](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/08/massachusetts-tops-northeast-in-air-pollution-from-wood-burning/) - Why is the State of Massachusetts offering incentives for wood heating when wood burners are already a major source of air pollution in Massachusetts?
- [Unique Identifiers Could Shed Light on Confidential Fracking Chemicals](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/08/unique-identifiers-could-shed-light-on-confidential-fracking-chemicals/) - Citizens should be able to find out if EPA has health concerns about fracking chemicals.
- [PFPI, Allies Call Out Greenwashing During So-Called "Clean Energy Week"](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/09/pfpi-allies-call-out-greenwashing-during-so-called-clean-energy-week/) - Because Clean Energy Doesn't Come Out of a Smokestack
- [Your one-stop shop for the latest fire science](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/10/your-one-stop-shop-for-the-latest-fire-science/) - Thinning forests to reduce fire risk makes sense around structures, but is counterproductive in the backcountry
- [Massachusetts Legislature Should Put the Brakes on Bad Biomass Regs](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/11/massachusetts-legislature-should-put-the-brakes-on-bad-biomass-regs/) - The regulations allow unprecedented double-dipping of renewable energy subsidies by polluting bioenergy
- [First Responders, Health Professionals, Scientists Ask EPA to Disclose Secret Drilling and Fracking Chemicals](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/11/first-responders-health-professionals-scientists-ask-epa-to-disclose-secret-drilling-and-fracking-chemicals/) - EPA Regulators Identified Health Risks ranging from Lung Irritation to Neurotoxicity, but Approved Chemicals for Use
- [Baker Administration Presses Forward with Weak Biomass Regs; Shuts Down Public Comment](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/12/baker-administration-presses-forward-with-weak-biomass-regs-shuts-down-public-comment/) - DOER's biomass regulations will unnecessarily increase greenhouse gas emission and air pollution.
- [Bloomberg-backed Corporate Reporting Standards Likely to Perpetuate Myths that Bioenergy is Clean, Carbon-Neutral](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/01/bloomberg-backed-corporate-reporting-standards-likely-to-perpetuate-myths-that-bioenergy-is-clean-carbon-neutral/) - Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Disclosure Rules Should be Improved so that Companies Do Not Mislead Investors
- [New Study: Biomass Energy Has Big Climate Impact Even Under Best Case Scenario](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/02/biomass-energy-has-big-climate-impact-even-under-best-case-scenario/) - Burning wood for power undermines efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, even under industry best-case scenarios.
- [Virginia should cover wood-burning power plants under its carbon plan](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/04/virginia-should-cover-wood-burning-power-plants-under-its-carbon-plan/) - Exempting wood-burning plants and the industrial sector will leave about a quarter of the state's emissions unregulated
- [Thirty-three Members of Congress Ask EPA to Reveal Secret Fracking Chemicals](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/05/thirty-three-members-of-congress-ask-epa-to-reveal-secret-fracking-chemicals/) - By keeping these chemical identities confidential, the EPA is putting first responders in harm’s way
- [Pruitt’s parting shot: a Clean Power Plan that will actually increase CO2 emissions](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/07/pruitts-parting-shot-a-clean-power-plan-that-will-actually-increase-co2-emissions/) - Co-firing biomass with coal will increase emissions, decrease power plant efficiency, and increase forest destruction, to boot.
- [MA House Lawmakers Slip Garbage Burning into “Clean Energy” Proposal](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/07/ma-house-lawmakers-slip-garbage-burning-into-clean-energy-proposal/) - Not the "clean energy" we had in mind: increasing garbage burning on days when air pollution is the worst.
- [Trump Coal Power Plan Could Increase Use of Forest Biomass as Coal Replacement](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/08/trump-plan-could-increase-use-of-forest-biomass-as-coal-replacement/) - Allowing states to co-fire biomass with coal will undermine the main objective of increasing coal plant efficiency
- [Environmentalists applaud UK Government decision to restrict subsidies for new biomass power stations](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/08/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
- [Climate Week NYC Screenings of "Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?"](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/09/climate-week-nyc-screenings-of-burned-are-trees-the-new-coal/) - Come see the award-winning documentary on bioenergy in its NYC debut, and join the filmmakers and scientists for a discussion afterward.
- [New report reveals negative community and financial impacts of bioenergy boom](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/10/new-report-reveals-community-and-financial-impacts-of-bioenergy-boom-on-national-bioenergy-day/) - The elite group of plants receiving hundreds of millions in taxpayer handouts had cost overruns, air and water violations, early closures, and lawsuits.
- [The Truly Green Path Forward in 2019](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/01/the-real-green-path-forward-in-2019/) - Focusing on forests in the Green New Deal can create jobs and save the climate
- [N.J. Gov. Murphy Calls for Ban on Fracking Activities in Delaware River Basin](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/01/n-j-gov-murphy-calls-for-ban-on-fracking-activities-in-delaware-river-basin/) - Cites Risks of Secret Fracking Chemicals
- [Bio-Beware:  PFPI, Investors Petition SEC to Crack Down on Biomass Climate Claims](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/02/bio-beware-pfpi-investors-petition-sec-to-crack-down-on-biomass-climate-claims/) - “Low Carbon” Products Likely to Attract Investors; But are Climate Benefits Real?
- [PFPI Launches Lawsuit Challenging Forest Biomass in the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/03/pfpi-launches-lawsuit-challenging-forest-biomass-in-the-eus-renewable-energy-directive/) - The EU's treatment of forest biomass as carbon neutral is harming forests, the climate, and communities.
- [Massachusetts Groups Urge Gov. Baker to Stop Using Public Funds to Subsidize Wood-Burning Energy](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/03/massachusetts-groups-urge-gov-baker-to-stop-using-public-funds-to-subsidize-wood-burning-energy/) - The Baker Administration is doling out large sums to bolster the logging industry at the expense of the climate
- [Virginia Admits Biomass Isn’t Carbon Neutral, But Treats It As Zero Emissions in Climate Plan](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/04/virginia-admits-biomass-isnt-carbon-neutral-but-treats-it-as-zero-emissions-in-climate-plan/) - Dominion-Flavored Doublespeak Will Weaken Climate Progress
- [Rebutting MA Forest Alliance Claims About Bioenergy: Our Open Letter to Gov. Baker](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/04/rebutting-ma-forest-alliance-claims-about-bioenergy-our-open-letter-to-gov-baker/) - MFA's letter claims wood is "the peoples' fuel," but doctors and scientists seem to agree it's best if those people don't include children.
- [Baker Administration Plans to Gut MA's Science-Based Biomass Rules: Attend the Hearings!](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/05/rps-biomass-overview/) - The MA Dept. of Energy Resources rollback of protections will allow highly polluting, large-scale wood-burning power plants in Massachusetts. MA residents need to speak up to protect forests and the climate.
- [First Responders, Health Professionals Question EPA’s Decision to Hide Fracking Chemicals](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/05/first-responders-health-professionals-question-epas-decision-to-hide-fracking-chemicals/) - EPA Documented Leaks and Spills but Says People Won’t be Exposed
- [Springfield Groups Slam ENE for Peddling Polluting Palmer Power to Eastern Mass Munis](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/05/springfield-groups-slam-ene-for-peddling-polluting-palmer-power-to-eastern-mass-munis/) - The groups urge residents to turn out to rescheduled June 5th hearing on regulatory rollback of MA biomass rules
- [Groups Urge Senator Udall to Clean Up His Renewable Energy Bill](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/06/groups-urge-senator-udall-to-clean-up-his-renewable-energy-bill/) - Why are pro-climate action legislators still advocating burning trees for energy?
- [EPA rears up, acknowledges co-firing biomass with coal increases GHG emissions](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/07/epa-rears-up-acknowledges-co-firing-biomass-with-coal-increases-emissions/) - Combustion physics lend support to a minor rebellion against lawmakers who legislated biomass as "carbon neutral"
- [Enviro Advocates Call Out MA Gov. Baker For Promoting Dirty Fuels As Renewable Energy](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/08/clean-energy-advocates-call-out-ma-gov-baker-for-promoting-dirty-fuels/) - If the Baker administration gets their way, more so-called "clean energy" in MA will come from burning garbage and biomass
- [Climate Week 2019 Screenings of "Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?"](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/09/climate-week-2019-screenings-of-burned-are-trees-the-new-coal/) - Join us to see the film that's got everyone talking about the biomass and wood pellet industries, and hear about the lawsuit filed against the European Union for treating burning trees as "zero-emissions."
- [Secret Fracking Chemicals Threaten Ohioans’ Health, Drinking Water](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/09/secret-fracking-chemicals-threaten-ohioans-health-drinking-water/) - Ohio law allows drilling companies to hide chemical identities, even from first responders; EPA records suggest secret fracking chemicals pose serious health risks
- [Higher Ed Partnerships with Energy Co's Lock in Decades of High Emissions, Greenwash](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/01/higher-ed-partnerships-with-energy-cos-lock-in-decades-of-high-emissions-greenwash/) - Campuses are outsourcing energy planning to private companies pushing biomass and natural gas as clean and green
- [Advocates Urge Mass Legislature to Pass Bills Protecting Forests and Climate](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/01/advocates-urge-mass-legislature-to-pass-bills-protecting-forests-and-climate/) - Bill McKibben, E.O. Wilson, Join Call for Urgent Action
- [The EU wants to know how to reduce forest destruction...](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/03/the-eu-wants-to-know-how-to-reduce-forest-destruction/) - We have a few ideas.
- [EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy: Burning Trees Isn't Green](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/03/eu-sustainable-finance-taxonomy-burning-trees-isnt-green/) - Finance standards reject EU's biomass "sustainability criteria" as not protecting forests and the climate
- [April 7 Webinar: The threat to forests and climate from burning forest biomass](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/04/april-7-webinar-the-threat-to-forests-and-climate-from-burning-forest-biomass/) - Mobilizing comments to the EU on the 2030 Climate Target Initiative
- [EU Biomass Case Denied Access to The Courts](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/05/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.
- [“Paper Tiger” report shows new EU biomass rules greenlight increased forest destruction](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/07/paper-tiger-report-shows-new-eu-biomass-rules-greenlight-increased-forest-destruction/) - Analysis supports appeal of lawsuit against EU on forest biomass
- [An Ambitious Climate Plan that Doesn’t Waste Time on False Solutions](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/07/an-ambitious-climate-plan-that-doesnt-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
- [MA House Climate Bill Would Promote Biomass Power Plants as “Non-Carbon Emitting Sources”](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/09/ma-house-climate-bill-would-promote-biomass-incinerators-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
- [Korean solar industry makes unprecedented legal challenge to “green” credentials of biomass energy](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/09/korean-solar-industry-makes-unprecedented-legal-challenge-to-green-credentials-of-biomass-burning/) - Canadian citizen joins suit against Korean government alleging irreparable harm to forests and climate from use of British Columbia wood pellets
- [PFPI Statement on Selection of Tom Vilsack as USDA Secretary](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/12/statement/) - Biden taps Vilsack for agriculture post – can we afford more business as usual?
- [MA Pushes to Greenlight Subsidies for Polluting Biomass Power Plants](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/12/doer/) - As the MA legislature is poised to vote on whether it wants polluting biomass in its clean energy legislation, the Baker administration tries to roll back other hard-won rules that limit this dirty energy source.
- [Estonian law student takes on state-owned Finnish forestry company in battle to save her childhood singing fields](https://www.pfpi.net/2020/12/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
- [Massachusetts Revokes Permit for Springfield Biomass Plant](https://www.pfpi.net/2021/04/massachusetts-revokes-permit-for-springfield-biomass-plant/) - It turns out the state listened to the air quality arguments, after all.
- [Challenging Greenwashing, NGOs Take Aim at Sweeping EU Finance Policy](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/02/eutaxonomychallenge/) - "Green" investment criteria for bioenergy and forestry will increase emissions and degrade forests
- [Dear Governor Baker: What Part of “No” Don’t You Understand?](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/03/dear-governor-baker-what-part-of-no-dont-you-understand/) - With only 9 months left in office, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is still trying to cut and burn more trees.
- [MA Senate Bill Would Ban New Biomass Subsidies](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/04/ma-senate-bill-would-ban-new-biomass-subsidies/) - The Massachusetts Senate has ​advanced a sweeping new climate policy bill that would stop Governor Baker's biomass subsidies in their tracks.
- [PFPI Applauds Senate Action to End Woody Biomass Subsidies in MA](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/04/pfpi-applauds-senate-action-to-end-woody-biomass-subsidies-in-ma/) - Massachusetts Senate bill removes woody biomass from two flagship state energy programs.
- [Biomass rules, legislation down to the wire in Massachusetts](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/07/biomass-rules-legislation-down-to-the-wire-in-massachusetts/) - Will the MA legislature finally stand up to the biomass industry? We’ll know soon.
- [Governor Baker Tries to Sneak Biomass Into Climate Bill](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/07/governor-baker-tries-to-sneak-biomass-into-climate-bill/) - Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker vetoed comprehensive climate legislation, sending the bill back with amendments that would effectively protect subsidies for old, dirty biomass power plants.
- [PFPI Applauds MA House & Senate for Standing Firm on Climate Bill](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/08/pfpi-applauds-ma-house-senate-for-standing-firm-on-climate-bill/) - Legislators Reject Gov's Proposal to Gut Biomass Provisions, Strike Biomass from RPS.
- [Massachusetts First in the Nation to End Renewable Energy Subsidies for Wood-Burning Power Plants](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/08/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.
- [European Parliament Takes First Step to Limit Forest Biomass Energy in the Renewable Energy Directive](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/09/environmental-coalition-sues-european-commission-over-inclusion-of-biomass-and-forestry-activities-in-eu-sustainable-finance-taxonomy/) - 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
- [Environmental coalition sues the European Commission over inclusion of biomass and forestry activities in EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/09/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.
- [Groups Tell New York PSC: Don’t Fall for ReEnergy’s “Zero-Emission” Claims](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/10/groups-tell-new-york-psc-dont-fall-for-reenergys-zero-emission-claims/) - Calling biomass energy “zero-emission”? Fuhgeddaboudit!
- [Class action lawsuit alleges wood pellet maker Enviva is “engaged in textbook greenwashing”](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/11/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
- [Maine forests next on the chopping block for biomass](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/11/maine-forests-next-on-the-chopping-block-for-biomass/) - More forest liquidation to be paid for with your tax dollars
- [Groups call on Congress to ditch the biomass “carbon neutrality” rider](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/12/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 neutrality rider and other environmental poison pills out of this year’s federal budget. For each of the past six years, Congress has attached a policy rider to the annual federal spending bill directing federal agencies to
- [New Bills Will Close Loopholes in Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Laws](https://www.pfpi.net/2023/04/new-bills-will-close-loopholes-in-massachusetts-clean-energy-laws/) - New state bills in Massachusetts would end subsidies for woody biomass.
- [California Scheming: Rural county officials diving into the wood pellet business](https://www.pfpi.net/2023/04/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
- [New UK Biomass Policy Removes Subsidies For High-Carbon Wood Pellets](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/09/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
- [Federal Court Rules EPA Must Regulate Carbon Dioxide From Biomass Power Plants](https://www.pfpi.net/2013/07/federal-court-rules-epa-must-regulate-carbon-dioxide-from-biomass-power-plants/) - The court's decision recognizes that the plain intent of the Clean Air Act is to regulate pollutants emitted at the smokestack - including CO2.
- [Wood heating eclipses all other sources of PM2.5 pollution in Massachusetts](https://www.pfpi.net/2024/04/wood-heating-eclipses-all-other-sources-of-pm2-5-pollution-in-massachusetts/) - Wood heating is responsible for 92% of fine particulate air pollution in Massachusetts’ heating sector, even though only 12% of homes burn wood.
- [The IPCC's Recipe for a Livable Planet: Grow Trees, Don't Burn Them](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/10/the-ipccs-recipe-for-a-livable-planet-grow-trees-dont-burn-them/) - Only one pathway avoids dangerous temperature rise without relying on unscalable and unproven technologies.
- [Secret Fracking Chemicals Threaten Delaware River Basin, Pennsylvania](https://www.pfpi.net/2018/09/secret-fracking-chemicals-threaten-delaware-river-basin-pennsylvania/) - State governments and the oil and gas industry still won't come clean on what's in fracking fluids
- [The 100 Most Polluting Biomass Energy Facilities in Pennsylvania - Map, Database, and Report](https://www.pfpi.net/2014/10/the-100-most-polluting-biomass-energy-facilities-in-pennsylvania-map-database-and-report/) - There is no better time than ‘National Bioenergy Day’ (October 22nd) for people to learn how much taxpayer money has been wasted on highly polluting biomass burners in Pennsylvania.
- [EU climate plan bets on non-existent technology to reduce emissions](https://www.pfpi.net/2021/11/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.
- [EU climate, nature and air quality goals are in jeopardy because of wood-burning for energy, new study shows](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/11/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
- [Massachusetts’ Climate Forestry Committee Recommendations:  Follow the Science](https://www.pfpi.net/2024/01/massachusetts-climate-forestry-committee-recommendations-follow-the-science/) - Governor Healey asked for - and received - strong scientific support for protecting forests for their climate benefits
- [Want to know what toxins you’re breathing? Easy visualization from the National Air Toxics Assessment](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/04/want-to-know-what-toxins-youre-breathing-easy-visualization-from-the-national-air-toxics-assessment/) - Using the Google Earth maps allowed us to see that census tracts surrounding the proposed Palmer Renewable Energy biomass plant in Springfield MA already have the highest combined respiratory and cancer risk in Western Massachusetts.
- [When industry gets worried about clearcutting for biomass fuel, it’s time for EPA to listen](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/05/when-industry-gets-worried-about-clearcutting-for-biomass-fuel-its-time-for-epa-to-listen/) - Packaging Corporation of America worries that the 50 MW We Energies biomass plant will result in unforeseen forest management impacts, including clearcutting of northern hardwood stands for whole tree chips.
- [Nasty fight in New Hampshire cracks open truths about biomass industry](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/06/nasty-fight-in-new-hampshire-cracks-open-truths-about-biomass-industry/) - What the NH biomass plant operators know, and what their statements demonstrate, is that biomass fuel is getting scarce and costly, the biomass industry is heavily dependent on subsidies, and that pollution controls can be prohibitively expensive.
- [Biomass power isn't truly “renewable” if it depends on BCAP subsidies](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/06/biomass-power-isnt-truly-renewable-if-it-depends-on-bcap-subsidies/) - The dependency of the biomass industry on taxpayer dollars from BCAP demonstrates that biomass energy isn’t even close to being a truly renewable energy source like wind and solar. Once wind and solar infrastructure is in place, the “fuel” is delivered free – forever.
- [BCAP and the fragile economics of biomass harvesting](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/06/bcap-and-the-fragile-economics-of-biomass-harvesting/) - Farmers are paid $80 - $85 per ton of corn stover for use as ethanol feedstock, much of that from federal subsidies.
- [Massachusetts regulations promote forest harvesting for biomass fuel](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/09/massachusetts-regulations-promote-forest-harvesting-for-biomass-fuel/) - By pretending that cutting and burning whole trees doesn’t add carbon to the atmosphere, the newly watered-down Massachusetts regulations claim the legitimacy of being “based on Manomet” - while ignoring that study’s key finding.
- [Five Groups Sue EPA Over Punt on Biogenic Greenhouse Gas Regulation](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/08/five-groups-sue-epa-over-punt-on-biogenic-greenhouse-gas-regulation/) - EPA has been presented with ample evidence that biomass energy increases greenhouse gas emissions, but has ignored the science to favor a politically-connected industry.
- [The biomass industry burns whole trees for fuel – here’s proof](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/09/the-biomass-industry-burns-whole-trees-for-fuel-heres-proof/) - The biomass industry often claims they don’t burn whole trees for fuel. New pictures show that not only are whole trees used for fuel, but these are very large trees indeed.
- [In which we call out Climate Progress for being an enabler of coal](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/06/in-which-we-call-out-climate-progress-for-being-an-enabler-of-coal/) - It’s a measure of how pervasive the “biomass benefits climate” myth has become that even the well-respected Climate Progress blog, edited by the great Joe Romm, seems to have bought into the propaganda.
- [EPA Fracking and Drinking Water Study Should be Rewritten](https://www.pfpi.net/2015/10/epa-fracking-and-drinking-water-study-should-be-rewritten/) - A significant discrepancy between the executive summary and the body of report makes it look as if EPA is intentionally misrepresenting its research.
- [From Australia to Massachusetts, biomass energy falls out of favor](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/07/from-australia-to-massachusetts-biomass-energy-falls-out-of-favor/) - What do Australia and Massachusetts have in common? Both governments are have cutting edge energy policies that acknowledge the drawbacks of biomass energy – showing that biomass energy is truly an emerging threat to forests worldwide, but that sane policy responses are possible.
- [Biomass Industry Hogwash: Exposing NAFO’s Master Plan](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/04/biomass-industry-hogwash-exposing-nafos-master-plan/) - NAFO's strategy to convince EPA that biomass carbon emissions shouldn't count relies on outsourcing carbon pollution to forests somewhere else.
- [Media Briefings for EU Biomass Case](https://www.pfpi.net/2019/02/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.
- [What role for biomass in Vermont’s energy future?](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/07/what-role-for-biomass-in-vermonts-energy-future/) - The goal of the Vermont Energy Plan is to help the state develop energy sources that are abundant, safe, and healthy, and above all, do not exacerbate climate change. Biomass energy does not meet these criteria.
- [Biomass Electricity: Clean Energy Subsidies for a Dirty Industry](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/06/biomass-electricity-clean-energy-subsidies-for-a-dirty-industry/) - A new report gives the most comprehensive listing to date of biomass power facilties proposed around the country, and the taxpayer and ratepayer-funded incentives driving explosive growth in the biomass industry.
- [How UK Bioenergy Hurts Forests and the Climate](https://www.pfpi.net/2017/12/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.
- [Biomass Power Association serves Big Coal's interests](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/05/biomass-power-association-serves-big-coals-interests/) - Only in the la la land of biomass energy would burning trees be considered pollution control. But that’s where renewable energy policy is headed if the industry has its way.
- [Massachusetts Rules Could Signal Major Reform of Biomass Power](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/05/massachusetts-rules-could-signal-major-reform-of-biomass-power/) - The Massachusetts rules will require for first time anywhere in the world that renewable energy credits for biomass energy be granted based on a common sense, life cycle assessment of the carbon emissions of burning forest wood to generate electricity.
- [Over 100 groups call for end to Biomass Subsidies in Massachusetts](https://www.pfpi.net/2022/01/over-100-groups-call-for-end-to-biomass-subsidies-in-massachusetts/) - It's time to enact legislation to fix this problem once and for all.
- [Burn Notice: Massachusetts Expands Subsidies for Biomass Power Plants](https://www.pfpi.net/2021/11/burn-notice-massachusetts-expands-subsidies-for-biomass-power-plants/) - As Baker’s new rules go into effect, advocates urge State Legislature to act.
- [American Lung Association energy policy opposes biomass combustion for heat and power](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/06/american-lung-association-energy-policy-opposes-biomass-combustion-for-heat-and-power/) - The American Lung Association does not support biomass combustion for electricity production...and strongly opposes the combustion of wood and other biomass sources at schools and institutions with vulnerable populations.
- [Biomass CO2 more than 11 states power sectors combined, but EPA won’t regulate](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/05/biomass-co2-more-than-11-states-power-sectors-combined-but-epa-wont-regulate/) - By delaying regulation of biomass carbon, EPA is greenlighting biomass emissions of 350 million tons of unregulated CO2 a year, equivalent to all the coal fired power plants in Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio.
- [Taxpayer-funded biomass pollution - a summary of subsidies](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/07/taxpayer-funded-biomass-pollution-a-summary-of-subsidies/) - Taxpayers and ratepayers should not have to pay extra for “renewable” energy that accelerates forest cutting, increases greenhouse gas emissions, and pollutes the air.
- [DOE clings to carbon neutral myth at Nippon Paper biomass plant](https://www.pfpi.net/2011/04/doe-clings-to-carbon-neutral-myth-at-nippon-paper-biomass-plant/) - The environmental impact assessment from the Department of Energy reads like a biomass industry talking points memo, with whole chunks of text lifted straight from documents submitted by the developer.

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- [International Campaigns](https://www.pfpi.net/international-work/) - Global demand for biomass energy is destroying forests around the world. Rapidly increasing demand for biomass in the EU, UK and Asia is driving exponential growth in wood pellet manufacturing, presenting a genuine threat to forests worldwide, including in the southeast U.S. and Canada. World nations will fail to meet their climate and biodiversity goals
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- [Key Resources](https://www.pfpi.net/key-resources/) - Key Resources Knowledge Library: Empowering Communities to Stand Up Against the Biomass Industry Since its founding, PFPI has made its environmental research and analysis available to members of the public, challenging greenwashing and empowering communities to make their own choices about biomass energy. Check out PFPI's research below on air pollution and climate impacts of
- [Science | Analysis](https://www.pfpi.net/science-analysis/) - Science & Analysis Peer-reviewed science and transparent analysis is at the core of all PFPI's work, as evidenced by our extensively documented research reports. We specialize in translating science to inform advocacy, but we also participate directly in the "doing" and discussion of science on bioenergy, GHG emissions, and climate. This is particularly important in
- [Oil and Gas](https://www.pfpi.net/oil-and-gas/) - Oil and gas drilling and fracking threaten forests, drinking water sources, and community health. Under the leadership of Dusty Horwitt, PFPI's former Senior Counsel and oil and gas expert, PFPI spent five years investigating the EPA's health assessments and regulatory determinations for chemicals used in drilling and fracking. PFPI reviewed thousands of EPA documents, conducted
- [Massachusetts Policy](https://www.pfpi.net/massachusetts-policy/) - Our roots are in Massachusetts, where we helped turn the tide on the biomass industry. In 2008, after three large wood-burning power plants were proposed in western Massachusetts, PFPI's founder, Dr. Mary Booth, joined a community of scientists and activists who were alarmed about the impacts these plants would have on forests, air pollution, public
- [The Forest Litigation Collaborative](https://www.pfpi.net/the-forest-litigation-collaborative/) - Restoring and protecting forest ecosystems through strategic litigation In 2020, PFPI teamed up with the UK-based NGO Lifescape Project to create the Forest Litigation Collaborative (FLC). This partnership has enabled PFPI to significantly expand its capacity to litigate internationally. Restoring and protecting forests is key to our climate future and indeed the web of life
- [US State & Local Work](https://www.pfpi.net/us-state-work/) - US State & Local Work When communities are threatened by new or existing biomass power plants, they turn to PFPI for the information they need to fight back. PFPI responds to requests from communities and advocacy groups from around the country for input on a wide range of issues, including individual facility air permits, rebutting
- [US Federal Policy](https://www.pfpi.net/us-federal-work/) - Federal policies promoting burning forests for fuel are undermining climate action and harming communities. In the US, our federal work focuses on shaping national climate and forest policy. With the persistent threat of the biomass industry pushing for energy subsidies and unsustainable harvesting of American forests, PFPI fights to limit the role of biomass in
- [Who We Are](https://www.pfpi.net/who-we-are/) - STAFF Mary S. Booth, PhD Director An ecosystem scientist by training, Mary received her doctoral degree in Ecology at Utah State University, focusing on biogeochemistry and plant ecophysiology. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Ecosystems Center of the Woods Hole Biological Laboratory and the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Mary's approach to advocacy was formed
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- [Carbon Emissions from Burning Biomass for Energy](https://www.pfpi.net/carbon-emissions/) - Is biomass "Worse than coal"? Yes, if you're interested in reducing carbon dioxide emissions anytime in the next 40 years. Biomass burning: a major carbon polluter Burning biomass emits more CO2 than fossil fuels per megawatt energy generated: 1. Wood inherently emits more carbon per Btu than other fuels Natural gas: 117.8 lb
- [Air Pollution from Biomass Energy](https://www.pfpi.net/air-pollution-2/) - Burning Wood Is Not Clean! Despite the frequent depiction of biomass as "clean" energy, data from air permit applications and real smokestack tests demonstrate quite clearly that biomass is a heavily polluting technology. Burning wood and other biological materials for energy emits as much or more pollution than burning fossil fuels, including coal. Emissions are
- [Biomass Energy Overview](https://www.pfpi.net/biomass-basics/) - Biomass Energy Basics When most people think of renewable energy they think of towering windmills or gleaming solar panels, but in reality the majority of "renewable energy" worldwide consists of burning biomass-mostly forest wood-for heat and electricity. What is biomass energy? There are four basic types of biomass energy technologies: Burning or gasifying biomass to
- [PFPI'S TEN-YEAR REPORT](https://www.pfpi.net/pfpis-ten-year-report/) - Looking Back On 10 Years PFPI was founded in 2010 which meant that 2020, among its many other charms, was our tenth year of operation. Our ten-year retrospective gives an overview of how PFPI has grown, and provides an update on our current projects. Download The Report
- [Bioenergy in Pennsylvania](https://www.pfpi.net/bioenergy-in-pennsylvania/) - Bioenergy in Pennsylvania This interactive database is no longer available, but the report, Biomass Energy in Pennsylvania: Implications for Air Quality, Carbon Emissions, and Forests (December 2012) is available for download.
- [Archive](https://www.pfpi.net/archive/) - 1 Overview of the biomass power industry 2 Wood burning for energy threatens forests 2.1 Wood pellet manufacturing is a massive emerging threat to forests 2.2 The biomass energy industry uses whole trees for fuel 2.3 A critical eye on estimates of biomass availability 2.3.1 Washington State 2.3.2 Vermont 2.3.3 Southeast 2.3.4 National 3 Threats
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- [Opposition Letter to Congress](https://www.pfpi.net/opposition-letter-to-congress/) - PDF Version: Joint Letter Opposing Biomass Carbon Neutrality Rider_12-02-20 (2)
- [MA Bioenergy Backgrounder](https://www.pfpi.net/ma-bioenergy-backgrounder/) - The Department of Energy Resources is proposing to roll back most of the rules that keep large, polluting biomass plants from getting renewable energy subsidies in MA. DOER has rescheduled the final public hearing on the rollback (Springfield) for June 5th. Please scroll down for info on the hearing. Click here to sign the petition to get
- [Backgrounder on biomass in Mass](https://www.pfpi.net/backgrounder-on-biomass-in-mass/) - Recap on the Massachusetts biomass rules: how we got here, what's at stake Climate science shows that to avoid catastrophic warming, we must reduce emissions and take CO2 that's already in the atmosphere out - most likely by restoring and expanding forests. We need to cut our net emissions in half in the next ten years,
- [Biomass Energy Subsidies](https://www.pfpi.net/biomass-energy-subsidies/) - Biomass Energy Subsidies EU climate plan bets on non-existent technology to reduce emissions November 23, 2021 Plans for climate neutrality rely on doubling biomass burning and trapping CO2 using geological storage, locking EU into climate failure. Burn Notice: Massachusetts Expands Subsidies for Biomass Power Plants November 16, 2021 As Baker's new rules go into effect,
- [Forest](https://www.pfpi.net/forest/) - Forest Impact EU climate plan bets on non-existent technology to reduce emissions November 23, 2021 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 December 29, 2020
- [Climate Impacts](https://www.pfpi.net/climate-impacts/)
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## Reports

- [Climate of Deception: Why Electricity Consumers Who Care About Global Warming and Air Pollution Need FTC Protection from Biomass Industry Greenwashing](https://www.pfpi.net/report/climate-of-deception-why-electricity-consumers-who-care-about-global-warming-and-air-pollution-need-ftc-protection-from-biomass-industry-greenwashing/) - Climate of Deception: Why Electricity Consumers Who Care About Global Warming and Air Pollution Need FTC Protection from Biomass Industry Greenwashing - Bioenergy greenwashing explained.
- [Burning up the carbon sink: How the EU’s forest biomass policy undermines climate mitigation, and how it can be reformed](https://www.pfpi.net/report/burning-up-the-carbon-sink-how-the-eus-forest-biomass-policy-undermines-climate-mitigation-and-how-it-can-be-reformed/) - Using government data, this report reveals that the EU is losing its forest and land carbon sinks at an alarming rate, and increased logging of forests for biomass fuel used to meet renewable energy targets is a major reason why. The report contains recommendations for reforming EU’s biomass policies in the Renewable Energy Directive.
- [Why the EU’s plan for climate neutrality by 2050 will likely fail](https://www.pfpi.net/report/why-the-eus-plan-for-climate-neutrality-by-2050-will-likely-fail/) - An analysis of the modeling underpinning key EU climate legislation finds that EU’s plan for achieving “climate neutrality” by 2050 relies heavily on biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a technology that effectively does not exist and that may never deliver negative emissions.
- [Paper Tiger: Why the EU’s RED II biomass sustainability criteria fail forests and the climate](https://www.pfpi.net/report/paper-tiger-why-the-eus-red-ii-biomass-sustainability-criteria-fail-forests-and-the-climate/) - This report provides a detailed explanation of why the EU’s protections fall far short of what is needed to deliver on the promise of biomass that “reduces” GHG emissions and avoids impacts to forests. Tackling the intertwined crises of climate change and biodiversity will require top-to-bottom reform on the use of forest biomass.
- [Ohio’s Secret Fracking Chemicals](https://www.pfpi.net/report/ohios-secret-fracking-chemicals/) - With mapping and data analysis from FracTracker Alliance, pinpoints Eastern Ohio gas wells that have been injected with undisclosed fracking chemicals, highlighting community health risks and showing how state laws have allowed drilling companies to hide information from citizens.
- [The Bioenergy Boom From the Federal Stimulus: Outcomes and Lesson](https://www.pfpi.net/report/the-bioenergy-boom-from-the-federal-stimulus-outcomes-and-lesson/) - This report analyzes the fate of 25 biomass power plants across the U.S. that received at least $10 million dollars in federal stimulus funding between 2009 and 2014, finding cost overruns, air and water violations, plant malfunctions, early closures, lawsuits, and inflated costs for taxpayers and ratepayers.
- [Bio-Beware: Petition to SEC to Crack Down on Biomass Climate Claims](https://www.pfpi.net/report/bio-beware-petition-to-sec-to-crack-down-on-biomass-climate-claims/) - Formal petition asking US SEC for a rulemaking to regulate the claims companies are allowed to make about biogenic climate benefits, accompanied by memo from ESG investment group As You Sow.
- [Keystone Secrets](https://www.pfpi.net/report/keystone-secrets/) - This report analyzes secret fracking chemical use in over 2,500 of Pennsylvania’s unconventional gas wells. Reports on the EPA’s lax oversight of chemicals with known health risks, and calls for prohibition of fracking in the Delaware River Basin and near other drinking water sources.
- [Not carbon neutral: Assessing the net emissions impact of residues burned for bioenergy](https://www.pfpi.net/report/not-carbon-neutral-assessing-the-net-emissions-impact-of-residues-burned-for-bioenergy/) - Accompanied by a video abstract, this peer-reviewed article by Dr. Mary Booth published in Environmental Research Letters assesses net CO2 emissions from forestry residues, which are often considered to have zero net greenhouse gas emissions. The paper explodes this fallacy by demonstrating that even when power plants burn true wood residues and exclude whole trees specifically cut for fuel, net
- [Burning Money: Biomass Gasification and the DOE Loan Guarantee Program](https://www.pfpi.net/report/burning-money-biomass-gasification-and-the-doe-loan-guarantee-program/) - PFPI reviewed 3,000 pages of previously undisclosed documents from the U.S. Department of Energy and found that a proposed “green” waste gasification project in Montgomery New York would have air pollution limits no better than a garbage incinerator. The owners had applied for $100 million in taxpayer-backed loan guarantees and $33 million in federal cash
- [Analysis of Risks and Corporate Disclosures Regarding Environmental and Climate Considerations in the Biomass Power Sector](https://www.pfpi.net/report/analysis-of-risks-and-corporate-disclosures-regarding-environmental-and-climate-considerations-in-the-biomass-power-sector/) - Report to US SEC on bioenergy greenwashing by US companies Dominion, Covanta, and Southern Co.
- [Trees, Trash, and Toxics: How Biomass Energy Has Become the New Coal](https://www.pfpi.net/report/trees-trash-and-toxics-how-biomass-energy-has-become-the-new-coal/) - This report describes loopholes in federal policy that exempt biomass plants from regulation, and synthesizes data from 88 air pollution permits for biomass power plants in 25 states, concluding that biomass power plants across the country are permitted to emit more pollution than comparably sized coal plants or commercial waste incinerators.
- [Pollution from Pennsylvania’s Biomass Energy Sector: Resources for Citizen Involvement](https://www.pfpi.net/report/pollution-from-pennsylvanias-biomass-energy-sector-resources-for-citizen-involvement/) - Documents that biomass burners at schools and businesses are as polluting as industrial facilities, while receiving over $69 million in public subsidies; accompanied by a map and database of facilities.
- [Carbon Emissions and Climate Change Disclosure by the Wood Pellet Industry: A Report to the SEC on Enviva Partners LP](https://www.pfpi.net/report/carbon-emissions-and-climate-change-disclosure-by-the-wood-pellet-industry-a-report-to-the-sec-on-enviva-partners-lp/) - Report to US SEC on misleading claims and failure to disclose material information by US-based Enviva, the biggest wood pellet company in the world.
- [Toxic Secrets](https://www.pfpi.net/report/toxic-secrets/) - This report discloses how the EPA regularly approved new chemicals for drilling and fracking, despite the EPA itself documenting health concerns like irritation to skin and lungs, kidney and liver toxicity, developmental toxicity and neurotoxicity.
- [Maine Biomass Report](https://www.pfpi.net/report/maine-biomass-report/) - Documents the history of the biomass energy sector in Maine and reveals that ratepayers and taxpayers had paid out over a quarter billion dollars in ten years to the biomass industry.
- [Future on Fire: How the EU Burns Trees in the Name of Renewable Energy](https://www.pfpi.net/report/future-on-fire-how-the-eu-burns-trees-in-the-name-of-renewable-energy/) - Despite claims to only use sawdust and waste wood, the biomass industry has wreaked havoc on European forests. Released by the Forest Defenders Alliance, this report includes photos of more than 40 biomass and pellet plants across Europe that appear to be utilizing trees logged directly from forests for fuel and feedstock.
- [Biomass Energy in Pennsylvania: Implications for Air Quality, Carbon Emissions, and Forests](https://www.pfpi.net/report/biomass-energy-in-pennsylvania-implications-for-air-quality-carbon-emissions-and-forests-december-2012/) - This report covers PA policies on biomass energy and surveys then-current and proposed facilities in the state.
- [Clearcut Disaster: Carbon Loophole Threatens U.S. Forests](https://www.pfpi.net/report/clearcut-disaster-carbon-loophole-threatens-u-s-forests-june-2010collapse/) - Demonstrates that emissions reductions promised under the Waxman Markey bill consisted largely of replacing coal with wood and not counting the emissions. Mary Booth and Richard Wiles co-authored this report published by the Environmental Working Group prior to founding PFPI.

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