The Companies that Want Our Woods

Visiting both London and Brussels, Dogwood Alliance and our partners at NRDC and SELC got the opportunity to meet with the largest companies in Europe importing wood pellets from the Southern US to burn for electricity in the UK, Brussels, Netherlands, Denmark, Poland and more. The meetings were an excellent opportunity to not only better understand the marketplace and decisions driving this destructive practice, but were also a great opportunity to carry the spirit and voice of communities across the South to let these companies know we will not stand idle and let this madness continue.

Dogwood Fights Bioenergy Policy in Europe

Scot Quaranda, Dogwood’s “Our Forests Aren’t Fuel” Campaign Director, gives his first update from Europe as he strives to change hearts and minds on biomass sustainability to protect Southern US forests from being clearcut, shipped to Europe, and burned for electricity.

IP Makes Good on Commitment to Conserve Forests

As you may remember, this past spring International Paper (IP) made a game-changing agreement with Dogwood Alliance to increase protection of Southern forests. This week they announced more details on their $7.5 million commitment to fund a five-year effort with National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to restore 200,000 acres of forestland in the Southeast.