…at Dogwood Alliance, I live in rural Western North Carolina. A few years ago, I was noticing a weird grinding noise while taking my dogs out at night. It was…
…in poor, rural, communities of color. These are known as frontline communities in the environmental justice movement because they often suffer disproportionately from the health impacts of polluting industries. There…
…left our forests and communities in a degraded condition with disproportionate impacts to low-income rural communities and people of color. Along with a degraded landscape, these communities are suffering health…
…and solar power. In an open letter from NGOs in the sourcing region of Netherlands utility RWE’s biomass demand- the United States and Estonia- and joined by concerned international organizations,…
…of the harvest volume in final cuts of mature forests around their Chesapeake mills—far beyond normal quantities of “residues” or scrapwood. Enviva Biomass, “Enviva Wood Supply Map,” http://www.envivabiomass. com/sustainability/track-and-trace/enviva-wood-supply-map/#10/36.4379/-77.2298 (accessed…
