Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/13/20


The N&O just ran a three-part series with front-page coverage on wood pellets and whether they are carbon neutral. The series was fascinating, full of information, but not well balanced. None of the cited experts commenting on the negative carbon consequences of pellets seem to do research related to forest markets, which are the basis that translates a demand for wood into a forest carbon outcome. As noted by the N&O “special correspondent” Justin Catanoso, some advocate that cutting down small tracts of forests...

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