A Costly Mistake: New NRDC report shows how much Europe funds destruction of Southern forests for biomass Many will say fighting climate change is expensive. Calculating the cost of inaction, […]
Enviva: Caught in the Act
Dogwood Alliance believes in a world with beautiful, standing forests, clean air and water, and thriving communities. That’s why we’re working so hard to stop the expansion of Enviva, the […]
Release: New Investigation Shows Continued Forest Destruction for Wood Pellets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 18, 2019, 9 am Contact: Scot Quaranda, [email protected], 828-242-3596 Photo credits: Dogwood Alliance As North Carolina Sets Ambitious Climate Goals, Biomass Has No Place in […]
A Smokescreen for Forest Destruction
Co-written by Adam Macon and Sasha Stashwick Standing forests are a critical tool in the fight against climate change. Cutting trees down to use as fuel in energy production–known as […]
EU Commission Takes Small Step Forward on Biomass, Work to Strengthen Moves to Parliament
Responding to public pressure and signaling progress in a years-long environmental campaign, the European Commission (EC) today took a step toward curtailing the dangerous, continent-wide expansion of burning trees to generate electricity by proposing to remove misguided subsidies for large-scale biomass from its renewable energy policies.