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Statement: North Carolina is Now the World’s Largest Wood Pellet Exporter

Rachel Weber

Date Icon October 31, 2019

NC DEQ’s approval of Enviva’s Northampton facility expansion is the latest contradiction between the Cooper administration’s stance critiquing biomass and its continued inaction to address…

Alabama Groups Oppose Enviva’s Epes Facility

Emily Zucchino

Date Icon October 29, 2019

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) has issued a draft permit for Enviva to construct an enormous new wood pellet plant in Epes, Alabama….

Uncovering the Truth: Investigating the Destruction of Precious Forests

Rita Frost

Date Icon October 26, 2019

This post was originally posted in October of 2019. As more evidence continues to be brought to light, we updated it in October 2020.Dogwood Alliance…

Track & Trace? More like “Trick or Trace”

Rita Frost

Date Icon October 25, 2019

Enviva’s “Track & Trace” system, which claims to track every ton of wood that the company buys, was proven to be little more than a…

I Love Being a Dogwood Volunteer: Dani

Vicki Weeks

Date Icon October 22, 2019

Our volunteers are absolutely crucial to our ability to #Stand4Forests. They help with everything from making calls to event management to visiting legislative offices. One…

Woods & Wilds: Thank you for being magical

Kimala Luna

Date Icon October 14, 2019

These days, I notice many people viewing our forests in terms of value and function. I stress about what it means to defend these invaluable…

Release: Groups call for Denmark to Protect Forests & Climate

Rita Frost

Date Icon October 10, 2019

For Immediate Release: October 10, 2019 NGOs demand Denmark end subsidies for biomass, impose a levy on biomass, and introduce a phase-out date immediately in…

Statement: Cooper Administration Criticizes Biomass but Continues to Greenlight Industry Expansion

Rachel Weber

Date Icon October 4, 2019

Days after Governor Cooper’s Department of Environmental Quality released the Clean Energy Plan delivering harsh criticism of the wood pellet biomass industry, NC DEQ issued…

Statement: Dogwood Alliance Responds to Final NC Clean Energy Plan

Rachel Weber

Date Icon October 1, 2019

Governor Cooper’s Clean Energy Plan delivers harsh criticism of wood pellet biomass; definitive leadership to stop expanded forest destruction remains to be seen After a…

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