I was shocked and dismayed…

I was shocked and dismayed to hear about the "Draft Forest Biomass Action Plan". I implore the government of Ontario to stop the dangerous expansion of the wood pellet industry.

Cutting down our precious boreal forests to produce electricity is a blatantly false climate solution. While wood pellets are supposed to be made from wood waste and dead trees, whole trees from across Canada are now being logged and exported to produce carbon-loaded energy internationally. It can take centuries for forests to regain the majority of their carbon storage after being logged.

The forest industry is marketing wood pellets (biomass) as a climate solution to replace fossil fuels. This is a false and dangerous energy solution. Burning wood pellets is even dirtier than coal at the smokestack. We cannot afford to allow false climate solutions to edge us even further into planetary catastrophe while trampling Indigenous Sovereignty and crucial biodiversity.

I have lived part of my life in northern Ontario. I have witnessed the destruction caused by the forestry industry. Because of this, I implore the government of Ontario to make the right decision and stop the dangerous expansion of the wood pellet industry.