The last thing we need during a health crisis is more pollution that triggers respiratory illness, more logging and more carbon emissions, and more plundering of community resources at the expense of NC residents.
The Coronavirus global pandemic has altered almost every aspect of our lives, and ground many things to a halt. Seemingly overnight our priorities have shifted, and our attention turned to pressing matters of our health, our finances, and our families. We are looking to our leaders to support us right now. The last thing we […]
Our forests are special for so many reasons. They provide us with clean air and water, protection from floods and storms, and store and sequester massive amounts of carbon. Equal parts science and wonder, Southern forests provide habitat for unique species you can’t find anywhere else in the world, and they’re places people can go […]
EPES, AL – This week news broke that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) approved Enviva’s application to build a massive wood pellet facility in Sumter County, just weeks after a public comment period ended in which hundreds of people submitted comments opposing the new mill. ADEM’s quick approval of the Maryland-based company’s 1.2 […]
For immediate release November 25, 2019 Before a crucial vote occurs November 26 in the Netherlands on a coal ban and biomass subsidies, environmental organisations from the United States & Estonia demand the Netherlands close its coal power stations without converting them to biomass and redirect subsidies supporting the burning of wood to genuinely low-carbon […]
