The bioenergy industry is being accused of destroying the last inland rainforests in BC to produce wood-based fuel. Critics say that, if logging rates continue, BC’s inland rainforest will experience an ecological collapse. Read more from @BrianJBarth: thewalrus.ca/wood-pellets/
Not many Canadian power plants burn wood pellets as fuel. Most of what's produced in Canada gets shipped overseas—and business is booming. Part of their popularity has to do with the way wood pellets are touted as climate friendly. thewalrus.ca/wood-pellets/ #Forestry 
Wood pellets may actually emit more carbon than coal. Pellet manufacturers claim to use only waste from logging—sawdust, branches, etc. Michelle Connolly, director of @Conserva_North, says that isn’t true. thewalrus.ca/wood-pellets/ #Environment #ClimateChange
Michelle Connolly from @Conserva_North says that the wood-pellet industry doesn’t just use logging waste, as it claims, and is hiding what it’s doing with obfuscating language, making climate promises that are highly dubious. More here: thewalrus.ca/wood-pellets/
As BC’s approvals to clear inland rainforests rise to meet global demand, the question of the fuel's climate-friendly status is urgent. From the May issue of The Walrus, read @BrianJBarth's story, a co-publication with @FERNnews. thewalrus.ca/wood-pellets/
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