More Land Use for Bioenergy Risks People and Planet
A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on climate change and land use sounds the alarm about the risks of turning large swaths o...
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How the Biomass Industry Sent “Sustainability” Up in Smoke
Biomass proponents argue that so long as trees are sourced “sustainably,” policymakers can ignore these impacts. The reality is that their sustainability cl...
A Massive Plan to Expand Forests—and Save the World
Forests are some of the most incredible places on Earth—teeming with life, filtering our drinking water, and providing us myriad outdoor recreation opportunit...
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...
UK Climate Advisor: Wood-Fueled Power Plants Bad for Climate
In a new report, the UK government's independent climate advisory board highlights the dangers to the climate from biomass use in energy production broadly, and...
You Can’t Be a Climate Leader and Burn Trees for Electricity
The UK needs to reverse course and end its massive subsidies for wood-fired electricity generation now if the country is going to help the world avoid warming o...