Greenpeace has accused the government of misrepresenting its stance on burning trees for electricity, giving a minister the impression of public support for the highly controversial practice in meetings with the power company Drax. Greenpeace is firmly opposed to most forms of biomass burning for power generation, and suspicious ofContinue Reading
SOLOMON ODENIYI writes about the unwholesome practice of open burning of seized goods by government agencies and its implications on the environment What started as normal sickness later degenerated into respiratory disease for Salamatu Mariam (not her real name). She was later rushed to 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, KadunaContinue Reading
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee this week made strong, but nonbinding, recommendations to put a brake on the EU’s total commitment to burning forest biomass to produce energy. While environmentalists cautiously hailed the decision, the forestry industry condemned it. A key recommendation urges that primary woody biomass (that made fromContinue Reading
We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Sustainability increasingly needs to be at the heart of many decisions we make for our homes, so it is no surprise that many people ask ‘are wood burning stoves bad for the environment?’ when consideringContinue Reading
State officials are endangering the health of vulnerable residents and violating their civil rights by allowing them to be exposed to the harmful emissions of 10 waste-to-energy plants across Florida, according to a federal complaint filed by an environmental organization. Four of the plants are located in the Tampa BayContinue Reading
Massachusetts is once again revisiting wood-burning biomass power regulations. The state’s Department of Energy Resources will hold a virtual hearing on Tuesday to get public feedback on a proposal to change which biomass plants qualify for lucrative renewable energy subsidies, and how the state tracks and verifies the type ofContinue Reading
In the village of Inukjuak on the northeast shore of the Hudson Bay, trash isn’t something that vanishes to some far-off landfill in the back of a garbage truck. It stays close by. Then, it burns. “Burning of the domestic waste is a big problem in my community,” Shaomik Inukpuk, theContinue Reading
Q: Should EPA and the Biden Administration continue the Trump administration’s support for the widespread burning of plastic waste by the chemical industry? A: Of course not! The Trump administration took several steps to promote and expand the chemical industry’s ability to practice what it calls “chemical recycling” or “advancedContinue Reading
Surabaya, Indonesia – Dugijan, a farmer from Curuk Kobokan village at the base of Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano, was asleep in his home when he was woken by the sound of a deafening explosion. Stumbling out the front door, he saw his friends and neighbours running to safety as theContinue Reading
Supporters of Extinction Rebellion protest outside Shell Tower in Waterloo, London. (Dave Rushen / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images) This column is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Earlier thisContinue Reading
