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CAYLA Intern Kimberly Vargas Rocks

Kimala Luna

Date Icon July 21, 2015

Dogwood Alliance is lucky to partner with the CAYLA (City of Asheville Youth Leadership Academy) program each year TO welcome a new youth leader as an…

Let’s Look at the True Cost of Wood Pellet Exports

Danna Smith

Date Icon July 16, 2015

For the past few years the drum beat for wood pellet exports in the Southern US has gotten louder and louder. State Governors, local officials,…

The White House Opposes Legislation That Claims Biomass is Carbon Neutral

Tyson Miller

Date Icon July 8, 2015

The White House has taken the right position regarding the myth of carbon neutrality of burning trees for electricity. In a statement released today in…

#SOSForests Tour Takes the South By Storm

Adam Colette

Date Icon July 1, 2015

For far too long extractive industries have disrupted and degraded communities across the Southern U.S. From coal and oil to dangerous pipelines and industrial logging,…

The Art of Saving Our Forests

Amanda Rodriguez

Date Icon June 26, 2015

Cross-posted with permission from the Jonas Gerard Art Blog Dogwood Alliance Launches SOS Campaign at Jonas Gerard Gallery in Asheville Abstract art and forest preservation…

Giant White Elephant Delivers Over 110,000 Signatures to Demand UK Stop Funding New Coal Plant Using Public Money

Amanda Rodriguez

Date Icon June 22, 2015

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE: Thursday, June 18, 2015CONTACT: Oliver Munnion, 07917693337, [email protected] Gilbert, 07523 742 072, [email protected] Giant White Elephant Delivers Over 110,000 Signatures…

Talking Paper and Forests in the Pacific Northwest

Andrew Goldberg

Date Icon June 19, 2015

EPN 2015 Spring Meeting Bellingham, Washington Early this month, Dogwood Alliance was proud to attend the Environmental Paper Network’s 2015 Spring Steering Committee meeting in Bellingham, Washington….

Uncovering the Truth: Investigating the Destruction of Precious Wetland Forests

Adam Colette

Date Icon June 11, 2015

The controversy around woody biomass energy (the burning of wood for fuel) continues to escalate around the globe. Will Europe change direction on biomass? What…

How Europe’s Climate Policies Led to More U.S. Trees Being Cut Down

Amanda Rodriguez

Date Icon June 8, 2015

Written by Joby Warrick. Cross-posted from The Washington Post. OAK CITY, N.C. — For the sake of a greener Europe, thousands of American trees are…

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