EU woody biomass final policy continues threatening forests and climate: Critics

Mongabay
Apr 3, 2023, 2:37 pm249 pts
Forest campaigners voiced grave disappointment and alarm March 30 over the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) as it applies to wood burning for energy and heat. Nearly all agree that the new biomass policy will further damage global forests, increase heat-trapping carbon emissions, and…

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