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Indonesia biomass zone for Japan and South Korea energy razes rainforest in Sulawesi
{Earth and Leaf Editorial – Indonesia biomass zone for Japan and S. Korea energy razes rainforest in Sulawesi – As well as fossil fuel use this must be stopped too and must happen now} {extract below} Indonesia biomass zone for Japan and S. Korea energy razes rainforest in Sulawesi OHUWATO, Indonesia — Heavy trucks roll toward a semiremote coastline here on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island before idling alongside a waiting barge, which will later make a vast shipment of wood pellets to Japan and South Korea. The shipping terminal was built by PT Biomasa Jaya Abadi (BJA), an Indonesian firm with ambitions to become a global leader in the trade…
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Biomass Power Station Produced Four Times the Emissions of UK Coal Plant, Says Report
{Drax Biomass Power Station – plus that coal fired power station at Ratcliffe on Soar has now shut – Earth and Leaf Editorial} {extract below} The Drax power station was responsible for four times more carbon emissions than the UK’s last remaining coal-fired plant last year, despite taking more than £0.5bn in clean-energy subsidies in 2023, according to a report. The North Yorkshire power plant, which burns wood pellets imported from North America to generate electricity, was revealed as Britain’s single largest carbon emitter in 2023 by a report from the climate thinktank Ember. The figures show that Drax Biomass Power Station, which has received billions in subsidies since it…
