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COP26 Should Not Ignore Devastation from Biomass
As world leaders and climate activists gathered in the United Kingdom for COP26, they should have been studying the U.K.’s heavy reliance on the biomass industry that has cost the United States more than one million acres of forests. Studies have found that burning wood pellets produces more carbon dioxide than coal, and that planting new trees in place of the destroyed forests does not offset the daily emissions produced by the biomass industry.