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Keep Polluters Out of Georgia and Florida

Vicki Weeks

Date Icon September 2, 2020

Over and over again, destructive polluting industries sweep into rural communities and make sweetheart deals with a few “leading citizens” who help them push tax…

“Danish Climate Agreement Puts our Forests at Risk,” say environmental groups from USA and Estonia

Rita Frost

Date Icon September 1, 2020

-For immediate release- Asheville, NC, September 1st, 2020 – Today, environmental campaigners from the USA and Estonia delivered a letter to Minister Jørgensen [1], warning…

Beware the Biomass Boom and Bust

Rita Frost

Date Icon August 27, 2020

Enviva depends on overseas sales for its product: wood pellets. However, the Dutch government is on the precipice of writing biomass out of its energy…

Woods & Wilds: The Podcast Episode 4

Kimala Luna

Date Icon August 24, 2020

In Episode 4, we interviewed Dogwood’s own Marketing Director, Amanda Rodriguez. Amanda is a published author and the director of the award-winning documentary Stories Happen…

Georgia Environmental Groups Working Together

Vicki Weeks

Date Icon August 20, 2020

For 6 consecutive weeks in July and August our Stand4Forests Georgia team produced The Georgia Enviro Show, a first of its kind online series featuring…

Why We Need Wetland Forests

Sam Davis

Date Icon August 18, 2020

Guest post written by Ha Do, a Dogwood Alliance intern. When I was a schoolgirl in Vietnam, wetland forests for me were a negligible part…

Dogwood’s Public Comment: The Proposed Expansion of the Enviva Greenwood SC Plant

Lucia Ibarra

Date Icon August 12, 2020

We are writing to urge the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC) to deny any expansion of the wood pellet industry…

Statement: NC DAQ Approves Wood Pellet Mill in Lumberton, NC

Emily Zucchino

Date Icon August 6, 2020

The first time many of the residents of Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, heard about plans of a company to build a polluting wood pellet…

Natural Flood Protection In The US South

Sam Davis

Date Icon August 5, 2020

Guest post written by Ha Do, a Dogwood Alliance intern. While all of the United States is focusing attention and resources to handle and recover…

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