Cutting Down Forests Is Not a Climate Solution
The case for biomass energy, such as it was, collapsed in 2018. While we have long argued that uprooting forests and burning the wood for electricity makes no s...
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Dominion’s Investments in Biomass Electricity Prove Costly
Energy efficiency, solar, and wind are once again proving to be cleaner and cheaper. This time, they are outpacing the forest bioenergy investments of Dominion...
Biomass Advocates to U.S. Pols in 2017: Avoid Mistakes of EU
While European Union countries like the United Kingdom continue to burn forest biomass—primarily in the form of imported wood pellets—to produce electricity...