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Drax accused of using wood from carbon-rich forest in Canada to supply UK power plant

Business Green

BBC Panorama investigation claims energy company's activities in Canada breach its sustainable sourcing commitments. But Panorama accused the firm of acquiring logging licenses for areas which include areas of rare and "old-growth" forest, defined by by the British Columbia government as having trees that are more than 250 years old.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

From Northampton County to Alabama’s Black Belt, residents and activists say companies like Enviva exploit mostly communities of color with promises to build up busted local economies with a “green energy” industry. Joyner’s home sits in a cozy loop of houses in a small Northampton County town. South to burn them overseas in its power plants.

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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” Wood energy succored Homo sapiens and its ancestors for millions of years, the argument goes, and only during the last couple of centuries was it replaced with fossil fuels like coal. Genna Martin / Seattlepi.com via Getty images.

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Community solar, urban trees and the digitization of employee engagement

GreenBiz

"Many employees want to live out their personal values at work and are asking for these programs," said Richard Keiser, CEO and founder of community solar company Common Energy, during the GreenBiz webcast last week about engaging employees in sustainability. One of Common Energy community solar projects. Common Energy.

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MPs call for UK ban on trade and financing of deforestation-linked goods

Business Green

Environmental Audit Committee report also describes government biodiversity efforts to date as 'lacking' and argues ‘bold and ambitious action’ is required. While this issue is bigger than any one person's habits, if we all take action to tackle unsustainable consumption, we can make a lasting impact to halt biodiversity loss.".

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The IEA’s New Net Zero ‘Roadmap’ is Dangerously Reliant on Destructive Bioenergy

DeSmogBlog

The International Energy Agency’s new “ Net Zero by 2050 ” report has won plaudits for its bold recommendations on how the world can limit warming to 1.5°C, Converting land to biofuel production can have a disastrous impact on both the climate and biodiversity. But there’s an even more worrying side to the IEA’s approach to biomass.

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New research reveals ‘megatrends’ that will affect forests in the next decade

Envirotec Magazine

They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. In short, forests are vital in global and national efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, and eradicate hunger and poverty. Around the world, 1.6