How Clean Energy Tax Breaks Could Fuel a US Wood Burning Boom

Inside Climate News · By James Bruggers · last updated March 15, 2024 – 1:21 AM

While the forest biomass industry maneuvers to try to take advantage of new federal climate policy, environmental advocates are pushing back and trying to protect trees.

By James Bruggers

Businesses that burn wood to produce energy have struggled in the United States to compete economically, even as wood-pellet exports to Europe from states like Alabama and North Carolina have soared with overseas subsidies.

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