Danna Smith’s article from “European Voice” on the troubling land degradation history in the Southern US and the dangers of biomass.

Danna Smith’s article from “European Voice” on the troubling land degradation history in the Southern US and the dangers of biomass.

Guest blog post from By Dr. Robert J. Cabin, Professor of Ecology, Brevard College on the potentially disastrous effects of wood pellet exports to Europe on our valuable Southern US wetland forests.

Over the years, Dogwood’s campaigns have been very successful at putting pressure on corporations and getting previously unthinkable results. But we knew that even with partners like NRDC and the support of over 70 organizations, we were going to need partners in Europe to take on European utility companies like DRAX and their US suppliers like Enviva.

Because Dogwood Alliance is solution-oriented and envisions a clean energy future using the power of wind, solar and conservation and efficiency, we have partnered with Geostellar, America’s first and largest online solar marketplace.

Recently I went to Chicago, Illinois for training on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) which has become the most used sustainability reporting framework for companies to measure and report their sustainability performance. We share the non-profit GRI’s belief that this kind of reporting done transparently and with accountability can drive progress in corporate sustainability.
