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Carbon-neutrality is a fairy tale : how the race for renewables is burning Europe s forests

Kalev Järvik stands on a bald patch of land in the heart of Estonia’s Haanja nature reserve and remembers when he could walk straight from one side of the reserve to the other under a canopy of trees. Järvik has lived in the Haanja uplands in the southern county of Võru for more than 10 years. His closeness to the forest has shaped his life as a carpenter and the fortunes of the surrounding villages, with their handicraft traditions – a substitute for farming on the poor arable land. Upcountry, travel literature promotes the region to city dwellers, promising its ancient woodlands as a place to rest and reinvigorate the mind.

Most forest biomass worse for climate than fossil fuels - EU Commission report — EUbusiness com

Info 27 January 2021 by WWF last modified 27 January 2021 A European Commission report concludes that most forest biomass produces more greenhouse gas emissions than coal, oil and gas. Advertisement And in 23 out of the 24 scenarios the Commission s Joint Research Centre (JRC) examined, biomass had a negative impact on climate, biodiversity, or both. Indeed the report, published yesterday, finds that most of the forest biomass currently being burnt for energy in the EU not only increases emissions compared to fossil fuels, but does so for decades - which would imperil the EU s net zero target for 2050 and chances of stopping runaway climate change.

Commission must reform renewable energy policy in light of biomass report

Commission ‘must reform’ renewable energy policy in light of biomass report A landmark study on the use of forest biomass for energy shows that the recast Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) needs major reforms if the EU is to meet its climate and biodiversity goals, a coalition of green groups has said. by Simon Pickstone Assessment: the study identifies an upward trend in the use of woody biomass in the past 20 years (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Sign in to continue Free ENDS Europe Daily email bulletin Full access to endseurope.com for 12 months Infringements Dashboard - Understand how current environmental directives are being interpreted and where the pitfalls are for member states

Malaysia files dispute with WTO over EU palm biofuel curbs

Malaysia files dispute with WTO over EU palm biofuel curbs Malaysia files dispute with WTO over EU palm biofuel curbs By Elizabeth Schroeder January 25, 2021 at 4:09 pm Despite assurances that palm oil is not being targeted in particular, Malaysia is instituting legal action against the EU’s renewable energy directive. Photo: Getty Images Malaysia is in the process of instituting legal action at the global trade watchdog, the World Trade Organization (WTO), against the EU and member states France and Lithuania, in particular, for restricting palm oil-based biofuel production. This was according to a recent statement by the Malaysian government. This Southeast Asian country, the world’s second largest palm oil producer, called the EU’s renewable-energy directive “discriminatory action,” and was seeking consultations under the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism, the statement by the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry of Malaysia said.

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