The EU’s Emissions Trading System continues to menace forests by promoting wasteful bioenergy
Bioenergy emits as much CO2 as coal and gas, but produces a fraction of the energy. Why isn’t this wasteful fuel being regulated under the ETS?
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The future of forests should unite us
A small conference to discuss how the EU’s forests can be better managed was supported by a diversity of Parliamentary representatives
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“The forest is meant to be preserved, not exploited.”
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ArticleEurope losing forest to harvesting at alarming rate, data suggests.
PhotosArticleRevisiting Wood-Use Conversions and Projections For Bioenergy Projects
VideoBBC documentary, “The Green Energy Scandal Exposed” – on Drax logging primary forests in Canada for wood pellets
ExplainerThe RED’s GHG criteria for biomass are too weak – the wood pellet industry already meets these supposedly progressive standards.
ExplainerThe myth of “sustainable” biomass – Why harvesting “sustainably” still degrades the forest carbon sink
ResearchThe Burning Question: Does Forest Bioenergy Reduce Carbon Emissions? A Review of Common Misconceptions about Forest Carbon Accounting.
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Paper Tiger: Why the EU’s RED II biomass sustainability criteria fail forests and the climate
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