Last week, Rita Frost and I left the office for a two week Outreach Tour to meet with people across the South who are passionate about protecting our Southern forests. We are here to learn what issues are important to them in their communities, and how Dogwood Alliance can support them. We are here to understand what their relationships are to their local and global forests.
Dogwood Alliance is pleased to welcome Sam Davis as our new Research Manager!
Political Cartoon – Senator Collins waves her magic wand, and contrary to science, burning forests is now carbon neutral.
Two weeks ago Senator Susan Collins from Maine sponsored an amendment to the “Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015”. A US Senate committee approved it for an upcoming vote by the whole chamber. The amendment claims the “carbon neutrality” of biomass (forests being burned for electricity). This amendment is essentially a boondoggle that is a giveaway to an antiquated and destructive industry.
Press Release from US groups joining over 100 international organizations. The letter asks that bioenergy be excluded from the next European Union (EU) Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
