Biomass More Polluting Than Coal, New Study Finds

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https://www.ecowatch.com/chatham-house-biomass-study-2288764699.html

[h=1]Biomass More Polluting Than Coal, New Study Finds[/h]

By Sami Yassa
A pre-eminent think tank in the United Kingdom, Chatham House, issued a seminal report last week challenging a fundamental assumption underlying European renewable energy policy: that burning forest biomass to produce electricity is "carbon neutral." The report, Woody Biomass for Power and Heat: Impacts on the Global Climate, finds that many forms of forest-derived biopower are likely increasing carbon pollution rather than reducing emissions and calls for restrictions on existing government incentives for the biomass industry in the EU...