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A load of wood enters a wood pellet plant operated by Enviva Partners in Sampson County, N.C. Enviva is one of the largest producers of wood pellets in the U.S.

Science
Environment

Europe Is Burning U.S. Wood As Climate-Friendly Fuel, But Green Groups Protest

6:28am December 04, 2019

by Dan Charles

In the search for alternatives to coal and gas, some European countries have turned to a very old fuel. They're importing wood from the United States. Some environmentalists say it makes no sense.

Logger Greg Hemmerich and his crew feed low-value trees into a wood chipper, before bringing the chips to ReEnergy Holdings' biomass plant in Lyonsdale, N.Y.

National
Economy
Environment

Is Burning Trees Still Green? Some Experts Now Question Biomass

12:43pm July 12, 2016

by David Sommerstein

Biomass was rising a decade ago as a carbon-neutral energy. But the industry is sputtering as oil and natural gas booms, and some scientists are questioning if it's actually good for the environment.

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