Experts call for restriction of ‘climate-damaging’ forestry bioenergy

October 21st, 2019 A European scientific academy has warned that the EU’s large-scale substitution of fossil fuels with forest biomass may lead to the bloc...

Analysis: Renewables could match coal power within 5 years, IEA reveals

Renewable sources of electricity are set for rapid growth over the next five years, which could see them match the output of the world’s...

Greens motion for new Irish forestry model passes

October 18th, 2019 A Green Party motion to transition our plantation-dominated forestry model to a close-to-nature, continuous cover system passed in the Dáil yesterday. The...

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