Third time’s the charm! We are thrilled to announce our short film, Wood Pellet Wasteland, has been accepted into Eastern's Green Frog Film Festival.
Watch our short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhHT_vJTTK8
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Wood pellet producers often promise economic revitalization in rural communities — jobs, tax revenue, and long-term growth. But what actually happens once the plants are built?
More: https://youtu.be/ih3OLFFrdXg
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The biomass industry is quietly burning forests for fuel – and calling it renewable energy.
Join the fight against this industry: rachelcarsoncouncil.salsalabs.org/wood-pellet-campaign-202...
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See what community action looks like in Gloster, MS, a town on the frontlines of the wood pellet industry: https://youtu.be/GkGlJweu-e4
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This video highlights Brenna Bell, a Washington attorney who works to defend the “thin green line,” or the forests and lands that protect communities, store carbon, support biodiversity, and sustain livelihoods.
https://youtu.be/fUuzBUGHnzY
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The second episode in our storytelling series, Clear Cut: From Forests to Fumes, is now live! This video highlights community members in North Carolina who are mobilizing against the expansion of industrial biomass. Watch: https://youtu.be/i9fyAsudQZQ
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Woody biomass isn’t an economic win. It’s a taxpayer-funded bailout.
Our solution: Remove wood pellets from clean-energy subsidies.
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There are many ways to get involved—both actively and behind-the-scenes—in the movement to halt the expansion of industrial-scale wood pellet biomass. Every action helps build momentum. Join us: rachelcarsoncouncil.salsalabs.org/wood-pellet-campaign-202...
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Big Biomass = Big Pollution.
Drax and Enviva are destroying American forests and polluting communities under the guise of “green energy.”
Learn more about the true costs of wood pellets: rachelcarsoncouncil.org/wood-pellet-campaign-202...
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Forests are vital for carbon storage and biodiversity.
Biomass clear-cutting replaces them with monocultures that store less carbon and support fewer species.
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Nothing scares us more than watching American forests cut and shipped overseas to burn. That’s why we work at the national level to protect forests, support impacted communities, & fight industrial biomass expansion. rachelcarsoncouncil.org/wood-pellet-campaign-202...
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When we destroy the natural world, we destroy the systems that sustain us. Protecting nature is protecting ourselves.
Join us in protecting our forests: rachelcarsoncouncil.salsalabs.org/wood-pellet-campaign-202...
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Our forests aren’t fuel. Our latest report calls for improved policies, natural resource management, and international collaboration to end industrial biomass for good.
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Industrial biomass isn’t clean or green. According to @rachelcarsondc.bsky.social, it’s more carbon-intensive than coal, destroys forests, and harms communities. It’s time to end biomass subsidies & the industry’s expansion. More: buff.ly/qEA5TTO
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Industrial biomass isn’t green. Our report shows it’s more carbon-intensive than coal, destroys forests, & harms communities. It’s time to end biomass subsidies & the industry’s growth: rachelcarsoncouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/... #BackDownBigBiomass
Cut subsidies, not trees. We’re joining the International Day of Action on Big Biomass to demand an end to the subsidies and loopholes propping up this dirty industry. Take action: rachelcarsoncouncil.salsalabs.org/wood-pellet-campaign-202...
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Industrial biomass isn’t clean or green. According to @rachelcarsondc.bsky.social, it’s more carbon-intensive than coal, destroys forests, and harms communities. It’s time to end biomass subsidies & the industry’s expansion. More: rachelcarsoncouncil.org/wp-content/u...
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Our new report exposes the truth: industrial biomass is not clean energy.
Wood pellets destroy forests, harm communities, and are more carbon-intensive than coal.
Read the report: rachelcarsoncouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/...
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