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United Kingdom: The biomass industry should come clean about its environmental impact
2013-05-03 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Last year, the RSPB, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace published a report, called Dirtier than coal?, that shone a light on some evidence that the biomass industry would prefer was kept hidden. We revealed two important facts: Firstly, government plans to support the conversion of coal plants would mean that by 2017 the UK will be burning 30m tonnes of biomass, most of which will be wood. To give you a sense of proportion, this is about six times the entire UK wood harvest. It will mostly...
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