FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 18, 2017 at 1 pm Groups Call on Governor Cooper to Pull the Brakes on Wood Pellet Industry in North Carolina Over 10,000 Individuals and 50 Organizations, Representing Millions of People, Supporting Communities, Public Health, Climate and Forests Ask Governor to Revoke World’s Largest Wood Pellet Manufacturer’s Flawed Air Quality Permit […]
Media Release: New Study Faults Biomass Industry Greenwashing Scheme
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nick Conger, 202-717-8237, [email protected] Scot Quaranda, 828-242-3596, [email protected] New Study Faults Biomass Industry Greenwashing Scheme The Sustainable Biomass Program perpetuates myth that biomass is “carbon neutral” on par with solar and wind New York, June 29, 2017 – A four-year-old biomass certification program has led to increased carbon dioxide emissions, accelerated […]
Release: Chatham County Unanimously Passes Resolution Protecting Climate & Forests
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2017 Georgia’s Chatham County Commission Unanimously Passes Resolution Protecting Climate and Forests #Stand4Forests Campaign Launches in Georgia as County Commissioners Show True Leadership and Call on Other State and Local Leaders to Do the Same Savannah, GA – The Chatham County Commission has unanimously passed what is thought to […]
Press Release: Rising Up with Richmond County to Stop a Proposed Enviva Pellet Mill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 15, 2017 ‘Rising Up with Richmond County’ to Stop a New Proposed Enviva Wood Pellet Mill New video and petition to Governor Cooper highlights the need to protect climate, forests and the frontline community in Richmond County NC facing its latest environmental injustice Hamlet, North Carolina – The Concerned Citizens of […]
Media Release – The Great American Stand: US Forests and the Climate Emergency
Internationally renowned climate scientist, Dr. Bill Moomaw teamed up with our Executive Director to produce a new report that defines key climate solutions connected to forest protection and documents how logging across the US, the world’s largest wood producing and consuming country, is threatening the climate and exacerbating the impacts of natural disasters…