"Intensive tree-felling has [now] turned Finland’s forests from a carbon sink into a source of emissions"
Without Russian wood,... the bioenergy industry is eating away at European forests:
"Most Estonian timber is turned into wood pellets to burn..."
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As the world begins to phase out coal power, some countries see biomass as its successor fuel – but is burning trees and plant matter really a renewable energy source?
With funding from the European Climate Foundation, ELCI hosts this hub to provide a definitive perspective on bioenergy – the science, the policy, and the big picture for the planet.