Oh Dear, “Europe Aims to Close Loophole on Wood Energy”

WWW.climatecentral.org reports that “European officials are moving to close a loophole that promotes the burning of wood for electricity by an industry that’s felling American trees, and a new report they commissioned has laid bare the urgent need for reform.” The article refers to accounting errors that have allowed use of wood for bioenergy to be considered carbon neutral (except for energy used in manufacture and transport).”

It’s too bad that the NS Departments of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment have not been ahead of this issue, instead lauding exports of wood pellets from NS (see listing under Nova Scotia Smart Energy Inventory), much of which goes into electricity generation e.g., in the U.K. In the meantime, 28,916 individuals have signed a petition to Stop destroying Nova Scotia’s forests for biomass power generation.
Thanks to N.W. and HFC for highlighting the climatecentral.org report.