Source: Lisa Sorg, NC POLICY WATCH, 10/2/19


DEQ approves expansion of wood pellet facility a week after declaring industry fails to advance state’s clean energy goals In a strongly-worded passage in its Clean Energy Plan last week, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality rejected the idea that burning trees for fuel qualifies as low-carbon, renewable energy. Along with other state agencies, DEQ presented its final policy recommendations to meet the requirements of Executive Order 80 to Gov. Roy Cooper last week.

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