Biofuelwatch has launched a new report, Biomass: the Chain of Destruction, focusing on the human and environmental costs of biomass-focused UK renewable energy policy.
“Our Forests Aren’t Fuel” organizer Tom Llewellyn represents Dogwood Alliance at Power Shift.
Dogwood along with other allied groups call for an end to dirty biomass tax subsidies.
Since Dogwood Alliance launched the “Our Forests Aren’t Fuel” campaign a few months ago nearly 20,000 of you have sent messages and letters to the CEO’s of Enviva, Drax and Dominion Power, the main culprits burning trees to generate electricity. You rock! Combine your letters with the flurry of news stories over the past few weeks in North Carolina and Europe, and we’ve clearly gotten the attention of the major players.
Originally published in the Huffington Post. Written by Bob Cabin, Dogwood Alliance Board Member and Professor of Ecology & Environmental Science, Brevard College: A group of over 60 US scientists, including such luminaries as E. O. Wilson, Tom Lovejoy, Gretchen Daily, and Reed Noss, recently sent a letter to EU decision-makers urging them to take swift action to “develop and adopt sustainability criteria and carbon accounting requirements to ensure adequate protections for forests and the climate. “
