Across much of Europe, countries and utilities are meeting their carbon-reduction targets by importing wood pellets from the southeastern United States and burning them in place of coal: giant ships keep up a steady flow of wood across the Atlantic. Biomass makes up fifty per cent of the renewables mix in the E.U. The practice could be on the rise in the United States, where proposed renewable-energy targets treat biomass (fuels derived from plants) as “carbon-neutral.”
By Bill McKibben..The New Yorker. August 15, 2019.
