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Europe's renewable energy directive poised to harm global forests.


ABSTRACT: This comment raises concerns regarding the way in which a new European directive, aimed at reaching higher renewable energy targets, treats wood harvested directly for bioenergy use as a carbon-free fuel. The result could consume quantities of wood equal to all Europe's wood harvests, greatly increase carbon in the air for decades, and set a dangerous global example.

SUBMITTER: Searchinger TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6135810 | biostudies-other | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Europe's renewable energy directive poised to harm global forests.

Searchinger Timothy D TD   Beringer Tim T   Holtsmark Bjart B   Kammen Daniel M DM   Lambin Eric F EF   Lucht Wolfgang W   Raven Peter P   van Ypersele Jean-Pascal JP  

Nature communications 20180912 1


This comment raises concerns regarding the way in which a new European directive, aimed at reaching higher renewable energy targets, treats wood harvested directly for bioenergy use as a carbon-free fuel. The result could consume quantities of wood equal to all Europe's wood harvests, greatly increase carbon in the air for decades, and set a dangerous global example. ...[more]

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