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It is reported that the Ontario government is about to expand the wood pellet industry. Consideration of the facts suggests that this would be a disaster of epic proportions, and I urge you to reconsider as a matter of extreme urgency.

Wood pellets are supposed to be made only from wood waste and dead trees, but in practice whole trees from primary, boreal forests are being logged to meet the demands of this growing industry. This is insanity.

Wood pellets are marketed as a clean energy alternative, but we know that, in fact, wood pellets are dirtier than coal at the smokestack, and not a clean energy alternative. How can you consider such an option while claiming to be a leader in the emerging green economy?

Cutting down forests for energy is a false and irresponsible climate solution that is leading us into planetary catastrophe while trampling on Indigenous Sovereignty and crucial biodiversity.

The claim that expanding the wood pellet industry would provide alternative employment for fossil fuel workers ignores the fact that such jobs would be in an industry that dumps more carbon into the atmosphere than what it is replacing. Clearly, this is completely unacceptable.

The people of Ontario, Canada, indeed the whole world, deserve better from you.

If you go ahead with the current unacceptable plans, I will not be the only person whose opinion will be reflected at the ballot box next year.