Since 1997, John Beal has been an invaluable volunteer, first as a member of the Fundraising Committee, then joining the board in 2006 and finally becoming chair in 2010.

Since 1997, John Beal has been an invaluable volunteer, first as a member of the Fundraising Committee, then joining the board in 2006 and finally becoming chair in 2010.
The US Environmental Protection Agency decided not to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from biomass energy plants for the next three years. Dogwood Alliance quickly issued a statement opposing large-scale, wood-based bioenergy.
On May 12, 2011, 35 people representing several of the nation’s top companies, including publishing giants Hearst, McMillan, Scholastic and Hachette, along with financial mega-companies Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase, gathered for a Carbon Canopy Corporate Roundtable in New York City.
A piece by acclaimed writer and Dogwood Alliance board member Gary Phillips contemplating the energy in nature and the need to leave it there not extract it…
Our statement on the EPA’s poor decision to not regulate carbon and other pollution emissions from burning biomass for electricity. And why this decision is bad for forests, climate and human health.