What's the deal with burning wood pellets for energy?

An enormous amount of wood is harvested from forests in the
southern US to be burned in Europe as “renewable energy.” Now the
industry wants to open more wood-pellet facilities in the Pacific
Northwest. In this episode, Rita Frost of NRDC and Brenna Bell of
350 PDX explain why that’s a bad idea and why wood pellets aren’t
as renewable as they look.


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