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.
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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.
Case Closed on Vermont’s Clean Heat Standard
Intended to reduce GHG emissions, the program instead included giveaways to wood-based polluters like the McNeil biomass power plant
One-Time Biomass Dealmaker for Munis 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.
Vermont’s Declining Forest Carbon Sink
Vermont uses wood for a large portion of its heating and electricity needs, and a host of new policies and proposals under development could increase … Read more
EU climate plan bets on non-existent technology to reduce emissions
Plans for climate neutrality rely on doubling biomass burning and trapping CO2 using geological storage, locking EU into climate failure.
Estonian law student takes on state-owned Finnish forestry company in battle to save her childhood singing fields
Case could make it easier for communities and NGOs to protect forests across Estonia, where vital woodland has been decimated by industrial logging
Korean solar industry makes unprecedented legal challenge to “green” credentials of biomass energy
Canadian citizen joins suit against Korean government alleging irreparable harm to forests and climate from use of British Columbia wood pellets
An Ambitious Climate Plan that Doesn’t Waste Time on False Solutions
The US Climate Action Network (USCAN) Vision for Equitable Climate Action roundly rejects biomass energy and offers a progressive plan for saving the planet
EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy: Burning Trees Isn’t Green
Finance standards reject EU’s biomass “sustainability criteria” as not protecting forests and the climate
