A controversial European Union policy called the Renewable Energy Directive drove this transition by counting biomass — organic material like wood, burned as fuel — as renewable energy and subsidizing its use. A trans-Atlantic industry developed, logging American forests and processing the material into pellets, which are then shipped to Europe. But critics have long argued that the subsidies actually have few climate benefits and should be scrapped.
How the American South is paying the price for Europe's 'green' energy. In its Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the EU classified biomass as a renewable energy source. Burning wood is less efficient than burning coal and releases far more carbon into the atmosphere, according to almost 800 scientists who wrote a 2018 letter to the European parliament. In 1996, scientists at the United Nations devised a method to measure global carbon emissions. To simplify the process, they suggested emissions from burning biomass should be calculated where the trees are cut down, not where the wood pellets are burned.
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Date: 2022-08-05 04:05 am (UTC)How the American South is paying the price for Europe's 'green' energy.
In its Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the EU classified biomass as a renewable energy source.
Burning wood is less efficient than burning coal and releases far more carbon into the atmosphere, according to almost 800 scientists who wrote a 2018 letter to the European parliament.
In 1996, scientists at the United Nations devised a method to measure global carbon emissions. To simplify the process, they suggested emissions from burning biomass should be calculated where the trees are cut down, not where the wood pellets are burned.
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