Thread by @houtrookvrij

Dear MPs, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that the Groene Stoker, which is presenting a petition today, is not a citizens' initiative (which they claim to be) but was founded and financed by the stove industry! #deception @Kauthar_
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This so-called 'citizen organization' was set up and managed for a long time by entrepreneurs from the stove industry (sourc:Chamber of Commerce).The financing isn’t transparent.#astroturfing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturf…
@HabtamudeHoop @SandraBeckerman @kbhagen @Pieter_Grinwis (2/7)

In the years that the HoutrookVrij Foundation participated in the Wood Smoke and Health Platform, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management hardly managed to find wood-burners willing to participate in the dialogue. Wood burners were not organized. But then..
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..suddenly there was the Groene Stoker with very quickly a professional website on which a long list of petitioners appeared. An incredible fast development for a citizens' initiative. What turned out? It was not a citizens' initiative but an entrepreneurial initiative.
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In which the petition signers most likely mainly come from their own customer base....

Moreover, wood burning can never be called green.

Even the most modern ecodesign wood stove is still 3100x more polluting than a gas heater and it releases 2x as much CO2.
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Read more about wood smoke and harmful emissions from wood stoves here 👉 houtrookvrij.nl/wat-is-houtroo… (6/7)

Or learn more from our new animation:👇 #woodsmoke #stove #airpollution #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #AirPollution #asthma
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