Drax Purchase Would Implicate the United Kingdom in Loss of Canadian Forests
The operator of the world’s largest wood-burning power station is doubling down on its destructive wood-burning business model....
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
The UK Must End Biomass Electricity Subsidies Now
The UK government made a series of historic announcements in 2020 that aim to put that nation at the forefront of efforts to end investments in dirty energy and...
We Can Transform U.S. Industry
In its detailed and ambitious report, the Select Committee offers dozens of solutions and policy recommendations. If implemented, these recommendations would me...
House Climate Crisis Action Plan Gets a Lot Right on Biomass
Established science now shows that burning biomass from forests for electricity is not a climate solution within timeframes relevant to addressing climate chang...
New Campaign Urges UK to End Biomass Subsidies
A new campaign that NRDC is helping lead, Cut Carbon Not Forests, is aimed at directing public pressure on Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom to end fi...
In 2019, Kicking Biomass Out of the Clean Energy Club
Scientists tell us the climate crisis demands we act now and eliminate carbon emissions within 30 years. Given this reality, burning forest biomass for electric...