Wood pellets are marketed as…

Wood pellets are marketed as a clean energy alternative, but we know that wood pellets are dirtier than coal at the smokestack.
Increasing deforestation as a climate solution is not viable. While the government and industry claim that only waste wood is used to manufacture wood pellets, more whole trees from primary, boreal forests are being logged to meet the demands of this growing industry.
Expanding the wood pellet industry will not provide alternative employment for fossil fuel workers. These would be jobs in an industry that dumps more carbon into the atmosphere than what it's replacing.