The NRDC has historically opposed the use of biomass for energy as burning trees and other organic matter to produce electricity is dirty and destructive – often creating more carbon pollution than coal, gas, and oil. We do not support claims that biomass is carbon neutral or a clean, renewable energy source. It is not.
Our energy program has been actively working in the US and internationally to end the use of biomass as an energy source and to pressure policy makers to not categorize it as carbon neutral. Please see the links below for an overview of the many ways NRDC is working to protect forests and stop the myths of biomass.
- California’s Largest Proposed Wood Pellet Project Defeated
- A Growing Chorus of Concerns Signals Peril for the Biomass Industry
- Four Things NRDC is Doing to Stop Big Bad Biomass
- How the Biomass Industry Sent “Sustainability” Up in Smoke
- Kicking Biomass Out of the Clean Energy Club
- Virginia and North Carolina Show Domestic Biopower the Exits
– Magenna Brink
Senior Membership Engagement Associate
Natural Resources Defense Council
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