The Wood Pellet Business is Booming. Scientists Say That’s Not Good for the Climate.

InsideClimate News

The Trump administration is preparing to unveil a new rule that labels, for the first time, the burning of wood as a carbon-neutral energy source. Biomass fuel has become a booming industry in the American South, where wood pellets are being shipped off to Europe to produce electricity. But some scientists say the new EPA rule would put the climate, as well as forest ecosystems, at further risk.

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