Drax power station recently stopped burning coal but instead burns old growth trees, decimating wildlife and omitting significant amounts of carbon in the process. Drax remains the UK's biggest single source of carbon emissions. 5/n https://t.co/wlsqrb0iF
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New paper from #sig_gis including @dr_johnsgunn on #GHGemissions from wood pellets sourced in pine plantations in the southeastern US and used for #bioelectricity in the UK. Analyzing #climate benefits of #bioenergy systems requires careful #LCA. https://
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@sig_gis team including @dr_johnsgunn published new paper #Carbon Life Cycle Assessment on #bioenergy: When biomass electricity demand prompts thinnings in southern US pine plantations: A forest sector greenhouse gas emissions case study Read more at: http
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RT @JohnMuirProject: Increasing demand for woody #biomass electricity in the UK has resulted in a rapidly expanding wood pellet manufacturi…