Policymakers are rethinking biomass as new research shows wood pellets may increase carbon emissions rather than reduce them.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Justin Catanoso is no stranger to wood pellet plants, as he lives near four of them in the U.S. state of North Carolina, where biomass giant Enviva ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Blackmon is a Texas-based public policy analyst/consultant. That was an age during which the clear-cutting of forests for ...

Minnesota regulators rule that some trash and wood-burning power plants can count as “carbon-free” under the state’s 100% ...

State regulators on the Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved a Georgia Power plan to source more energy from burning wood known as “biomass,” despite criticism from consumer advocates about ...

In 50 years, my father-in-law has never run out of wood. Since building a wood-heated cabin in Maine in the early 1970s, he has started each summer collecting balsam, birch and maples that fell or ...

BOSTON (State House News Service) – Facilities that burn wood to create energy should not be eligible for credits under a state program that rewards generators of “clean heat,” advocates said ...

A rising push to pull energy from the world’s forests is heating the planet — despite industry claims otherwise, a new report argues. The report from Princeton researcher Timothy Searchinger and Yale ...

Renewable energy comes from matter that nature produces and replenishes constantly. The power generated through this source does not significantly threaten the environment, especially in comparison ...

Choosing the best firewood to burn in your home fireplace comes down to wood type and factors like its heat output, its dryness, its source, and, of course, cost. When you see signs for firewood for ...

Burning trash and wood to generate electricity will now be considered a carbon-free source under Minnesota’s landmark clean ...