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
UK-biomass
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
Not the “clean energy” we 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.
