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 […]
Community Leaders Continue to Speak Out
Last week, we stood together with community leaders and climate justice advocates to host a press conference about the destructive impacts of the wood pellet industry and other extractive industries […]
Statement: North Carolina is Now the World’s Largest Wood Pellet Exporter
NC DEQ’s approval of Enviva’s Northampton facility expansion is the latest contradiction between the Cooper administration’s stance critiquing biomass and its continued inaction to address the threats the industry poses […]
Release: Groups call for Denmark to Protect Forests & Climate
For Immediate Release: October 10, 2019 NGOs demand Denmark end subsidies for biomass, impose a levy on biomass, and introduce a phase-out date immediately in letter sent to Danish Climate […]
Statement: Cooper Administration Criticizes Biomass but Continues to Greenlight Industry Expansion
Days after Governor Cooper’s Department of Environmental Quality released the Clean Energy Plan delivering harsh criticism of the wood pellet biomass industry, NC DEQ issued permits for Enviva, the world’s […]