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.
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.
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.
Higher Ed Partnerships with Energy Co’s Lock in Decades of High Emissions, Greenwash
Campuses are outsourcing energy planning to private companies pushing biomass and natural gas as clean and green
Groups Urge Senator Udall to Clean Up His Renewable Energy Bill
Why are pro-climate action legislators still advocating burning trees for energy?
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
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.
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.
Ohio Groups Tell EPA, Our Forests Aren’t 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.
