While burning wood instead of coal may not reduce greenhouse gases, forests are at least renewable resources, checking off one “green” item. However activists are calling for new EU-wide regulations to ensure that the forests which produce wood used for energy are managed sustainably. A piece in Euractiv laments recent criticism of the proposed measure.
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