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Letter: Is burning biomass such a good idea?

Published 26 August 2015

From Scot Quaranda

Our forests are a vital carbon sink storing more than 10 per cent of US emissions annually. Instead of valuing our forests for this and all of the other important services they provide, such as clean drinking water, wildlife habitat, protection from storm surges and flooding, and as a place for recreation, big utilities like Drax are pushing to chop them down and burn them for electricity, then call it great for the climate.
Asheville, North Carolina, US

Dogwood Alliance

Issue no. 3036 published 29 August 2015

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