OPINION: We need to talk about how logging in the southern U.S. is harming local residents
Deforestation in the American South is four times that of South America’s rainforests — and it’s disproportionately hurting low-income people and people of color
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Over the past few years, the South has become the world’s largest exporter of wood pellets to fuel power stations in Europe under the guise of “renewable” energy. Industry and government tout the wood pellet industry as providing “green, renewable energy jobs” despite scientific evidence that burning trees for electricity will exacerbate, not mitigate, climate change.
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