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What's the deal with burning wood pellets for energy?

What's the deal with burning wood pellets for energy?

Update: 2024-07-24

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An enormous amount of wood is harvested from forests in the southern US to be burned in Europe as “renewable energy.” Now the industry wants to open more wood-pellet facilities in the Pacific Northwest. In this episode, Rita Frost of NRDC and Brenna Bell of 350 PDX explain why that’s a bad idea and why wood pellets aren’t as renewable as they look.

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What's the deal with burning wood pellets for energy?

What's the deal with burning wood pellets for energy?

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