Expert Blogs

Drax’s Canada pivot is a red herring masking destructive logging practices worldwide.

Communities are rallying during this week’s Make Polluters Pay Week of Action.

The Farabout Peninsula boasts rare plants, at-risk species, historical artifacts, and more, so when will it be permanently protected?

This International Day of Forests, we can celebrate the increasingly widespread recognition that the biomass industry is a bad bet for our forests and our communities. 

The decision will give Drax £2 billion—about $2.5 billion—more in subsidies while limiting its generation to 50 percent.

The United Kingdom doesn’t need bioenergy, plain and simple.

More states are enacting laws that mandate home sellers to disclose flood risks to potential buyers.

Drax has joined forces with GSNR to bring its forest-destroying practices to California. After signing an MOU in February 2024, it is transparent that GSNR’s aims are solely profit-driven.

The Vermont legislature enacted a bill curbing the use of bee-toxic neonic pesticides on the first day of Pollinator Week.

Twenty-three environmental organizations stress that the U.K. government funding the incineration of imported Canadian wood pellets threatens climate progress.

Forest biomass with BECCS captures only a fraction of total emissions, yet the wood pellet industry continues to deceive the public and decisionmakers.

Canada gives Ontario another year to degrade at-risk caribou habitat, taking it further away from international promises to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.

A new report finds that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative delivers on jobs, emissions reduction, and economic benefits—and provides a framework to address equity in the future.

The Opportunities in Organic Act will put organic in reach for more producers and consumers.

Canada's Environment Commissioner found that the Government of Canada has failed to transparently report on the climate impact of industrial logging, with potentially sweeping ramifications for its forest policymaking. 

Canada has again failed to transparently report on the logging industry's climate impacts, giving the sector a free pass for more than 70 megatonnes of carbon emissions annually, and perpetuating a "climate blind" forest policy framework.