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How Clean Energy Tax Breaks Could Fuel a US Wood Burning Boom

While the forest biomass industry maneuvers to try to take advantage of new federal climate policy, environmental advocates are pushing back and trying to protect trees.

By James Bruggers

The Enviva Southampton plant located outside Courtland and Franklin, Virginia has a production capacity of 760,000 metric tons of pellets per year, according to the company. Credit: Tom Brennan
Wood chips are stored for pellet production at a sawmill. Credit: Angelika Warmuth/picture alliance via Getty Images

As Financial Turmoil Threatens Plans for an Alabama Wood Pellet Plant, Advocates Question Its Climate and Community Benefits

By Lee Hedgepeth

An excavator loads logs used for wood pellets at a sawmill.

Wood Pellet Giant Enviva Discloses a Financial Crisis

By James Bruggers

Tree trunks in Bavaria stored for further processing in a sawmill, taken during an excursion along the value chain of a wood pellet.

Alabama Wood Pellet Mill Seeks Millions in Climate Funds, but Critics Say It Won’t Cut CO2

By Dennis Pillion, AL.com

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