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The Dutch have decided: Burning biomass is not sustainable

The Dutch have decided: Burning biomass is not sustainable EU member states are increasingly turning their coal plants into biomass plants in an effort to cut carbon emissions. [Mizzou CAFNR / Flickr] The Netherlands should phase out the use of biomass for generating electricity as soon as possible, the advisory board of the Dutch government […]

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Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests

Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests Biomass projects entail wood chips. Image: @john_kinnander, Unsplash Is green hydrogen yet another spin with catastrophic consequences for the environment? Sue Arnold looks behind the greenwash to find wide-scale plans for logging for wood-chips. Dominic Perrottet and his new Treasurer, Matt Kean, […]

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Biomass: The EU’s Great ‘Clean Energy’ Fraud

Biomass: The EU’s Great ‘Clean Energy’ Fraud “The professionalization of the biomass industry is a problem that needs attention.”–Bas Eickhout, Dutch politician and member of the European Parliament. When it comes to the global shift to low-carbon energy sources, Europe has traditionally been viewed as the world leader while the United States has frequently been […]

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Farewell fossil fuels? Biomass broken down without chemicals for 1st time, study claims

Farewell fossil fuels? Biomass broken down without chemicals for 1st time, study claims © Nigel Roddis / Reuters Scientists have made a huge leap in lessening our dependence on fossil fuels, managing to break down raw biomass without using chemicals for the very first time. The result was record high amounts of clean liquid hydrocarbon […]

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Worse Than Fossil Fuels? Why Bioenergy Is Not Green

Worse Than Fossil Fuels? Why Bioenergy Is Not Green An Interview with Princeton Research Scholar Tim Searchinger Bioenergy’s role in the global economy is growing as governments promote renewable biofuels and biomass electricity to replace fossil fuels. But in recent years, mounting scientific evidence has shown that bioenergy is not, in fact, carbon-neutral: hidden emissions […]

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Big Biomass 101: When Burning Wood for Energy Makes Sense

Big Biomass 101: When Burning Wood for Energy Makes Sense By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The great boreal forest straddles the country and provinces from Nova Scotia to British Columbia have ample forestry resources. In a place like Canada biomass to energy can make a lot of sense. So we headed to the largest, […]

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