by faster | Jul 9, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: CNN DATE: July 9, 2021 SNIP: In 2009, the European Union (EU) pledged to curb greenhouse gas emissions, urging its member states to shift from fossil fuels to renewables. In its Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the EU classified biomass as a renewable energy...
by faster | Jul 13, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: July 13, 2020 SNIP: In rural Southern towns from Virginia to Texas, mill workers are churning out wood pellets from nearby forests as fast as European power plants, thousands of miles away, can burn them. On this side of the Atlantic,...
by faster | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Narwhal DATE: April 23, 2020 SNIP: “Energy really can grow on trees,” says the website of the Wood Pellet Association of Canada. The association touts wood pellets — manufactured from sawdust, slash piles and low-grade timber from forestry harvest sites —...
by faster | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Monga Bay DATE: June 19, 2019 SNIP: Last week, the United Kingdom announced plans to pass a national law setting a country-wide target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, to be achieved by 2050. The pronouncement came in response to a directive by the...
by faster | Jun 24, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: June 24, 2018 SNIP: The European Union declared this week that it could make deeper greenhouse gas cuts than it has already pledged under the Paris climate agreement. But its scientific advisors warn that the EU’s new renewable...