Virginia and North Carolina Show Domestic Biopower the Exits
Over the past 6 months, two southeastern states, Virginia and North Carolina, have taken landmark actions to ensure that dirty, destructive forest biomass for e...
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House Committee Stands Firm Against Dangerous Biomass Rider
The Trump administration is ignoring a dire warning from nearly 800 scientists including winners of the Nobel Prize and the US Medal of Science who write “us...
No, Virginia, Burning Wood for Electricity Harms Climate
Virginia’s plan to cap its carbon pollution from power plants is an historic step, as the Commonwealth becomes the first southern state to meaningfully addres...
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...
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...
Scott Pruitt’s Announcement on Forest Biomass Defies Science
Scott Pruitt is no fan of science, so it was not a real surprise that his announcement about forest bioenergy this week sidestepped research, facts, and the...