The Vermont Public Service Board denied the North Sprinfield Sustainable Energy biomass plant a certificate of public good on the basis of greenhouse gas emissions.
Carbon Canopy is Changing the World
We did it! In November at the U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild Trade Show in Philadelphia, the Carbon Canopy announced transactions for carbon offsets from our first two projects in Western North Carolina and Southwest Virginia. So what do you do in 2014 after a successful launch of the Carbon Canopy’s first transactions?
Save North Carolina’s Hofmann Forest
North Carolina State University (NCSU) is attempting to sell their Hofmann Forest, an extremely large tract of pine forests and pocosin wetlands located near Jacksonville, NC. TAKE ACTION TO SAVE HOFMANN FOREST!
UK Government Investigates Wood Pellet Industry in US South
Last week Dr. Anna Stephenson, a scientist from DECC, flew from London to Raleigh, North Carolina to begin a two week investigation of the forest and climate impacts associated with the UK’s increasing reliance on imported wood pellets as a fuel source for generating electricity.
Conservation Groups Convene to Combat the Exploding Wood Pellet Export Industry in the South
Dogwood Alliance convened a meeting for Dr. Stephenson with a number of conservation groups concerned about the exploding wood pellet export industry in the South and the impacts on forests, climate and our rural coastal communities.