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Covering a third of the planet's land surface, forests are massive carbon sinks, absorbing and storing carbon dioxide and keeping it out of the atmosphere where it would contribute to global warming. Only the world's oceans store more carbon. Keeping forests intact has long been considered essential...
Unsustainable logging by the forest products industry is driving massive carbon emissions.
Europe's appetite for wood is clashing with Black communities in South Carolina Sammy Fretwell, The State (Columbia, S.C.) May 7—Europe's effort to make energy from American wood pellets is drawing complaints from Black community leaders in South Carolina, where manufacturers are expanding to produce more of the tiny wood chips. In Greenwood County, one large wood pellet factory is increasing the size of its operation and another mill is on the drawing board. A third pellet mill, backed by local and state politicians, plans to open next summer in Florence County. South Carol...
Europe's appetite for wood is clashing with Black communities in South Carolina Sammy Fretwell, The State (Columbia, S.C.) May 7—Europe's effort to make energy from American wood pellets is drawing complaints from Black community leaders in South Carolina, where manufacturers are expanding to produce more of the tiny wood chips. In Greenwood County, one large wood pellet factory is increasing the size of its operation and another mill is on the drawing board. A third pellet mill, backed by local and state politicians, plans to open next summer in Florence County. South Carol...
In the wake of the South's fatal winter storm, over 160 organizations endorse Southern Communities for a Green New Deal Platform Platform builds on the Green New Deal to center frontline communities in the South News provided by Share this article FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla ., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of the fatal winter storm that left millions in the South without power and water, more than 160 organizations have endorsed the new "This is a Green New Deal designed specifically for the American South," said Alex Easdale, the executive director of the Southeast Climate & Energy N...