Wood pellet giant with major operations in Eastern NC skips bond payment. What comes next?

From StarNews Online

Timber harvests to meet global wood demand will bring soaring emissions: Study

From Monga Bay

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

From Monga Bay

From WFAE

From Monga Bay

‘International Dawn Chorus Day’

From Biofuelwatch and Cut Carbon Not Forests

The EU must protect forests, not burn them for energy.

From You Move Europe

Fires hit US biomass plant owned by major UK supplier

From New Power

There’s a big booming business in America’s forests. Some aren’t happy about it. 

From The New York Times

Fire breaks out at Enviva wood pellet plant with history of environmental violations

From The Progressive Pulse

Paris climate agreement overlooks wood pellet loophole

From Environmental Health News

Lumberton wood pellet plant could harm river, threaten communityBiomass power: Is the UK’s second-largest source of renewable energy sustainable?

From The Fayetteville Observer

Southern communities know how to build a fair, just and thriving clean-energy economy | Opinion

From The Miami Herald

Biomass power: Is the UK’s second-largest source of renewable energy sustainable?

From Independent

Small Mississippi town had been blasted by toxics for years; likely largest fine ever levied against a wood pellet company

From Environmental Integrity Project

To Counter Climate Change, We Need to Stop Burning Things

From The New Yorker

The push for standing forest protections in US climate policy

From Environmental Health News

Op-Ed: Is burning wood for power carbon-neutral? Not a chance

From Los Angeles Times

Active Energy group noticed for illegal discharges from toxic site in NC

From Southern Environmental Law Center

PurpleAir: Real-time Air Quality Monitoring

From Purple Air

America’s Trees Are Being Burned for Fuel Overseas

Video By Vice News

“Robeson County residents tell DEQ to deny air permit for Active Energy wood pellet plant”

From NC Policy Watch

“Burning down the house? Enviva’s giant U.S. wood pellet plants gear up”

From Mongabay

STATEMENT: “BURNING OUR FORESTS AS FUEL IS NO WAY TO SHOW GREEN LEADERSHIP,” SAYS 17 AMERICAN NGOS TO THE CITY OF AARHUS, DENMARK

From the Dogwood Alliance

“Dogwood’s Comment on Proposed Wood Pellet Plant in Lumberton, NC”

From the Dogwood Alliance

Proposed Wood Pellet Facility in Lumberton, NC

Another Dirty Industry Wants to Come to Robeson County – We Can Stop It

“DEQ Secretary Michael Regan discusses the wood pellet industry”

From The News & Observer

“Slow Burn: Europe uses tons of NC trees as fuel. Will this solve climate change?”

From The News & Observer

“Slow Burn (Part 3): World’s largest wood pellet maker both welcomed and condemned in NC”

From The News & Observer

“The Great Biomass Boondoggle”

From The New York Review of Books

Biomass Conversions Could Fuel Climate Crisis

Contributing information from The Guardian

Biomass Policy Under Critiacl Review

Contributing information from Mongabay News & Inspiration from Nature’s Frontline

A Cautionary Tale

Contributing information from Energy News Network

Overpriced Biomass Power, Anyone?

Contributing information from Virginia Mercury 

NRDC Recommends Minimizing E.U. Biomass Subsidies

Contributing information from Natural Resources Defense Council

“Drax: ‘extract and exploit’”

Contributing information from The Ecologist journal

Good News From Ireland

Contributing information from Biofuelwatch

You Can Make the Difference

Contributing information from NC Wetlands