Wood pellets are marketed as…

Wood pellets are marketed as a clean energy alternative. They are not. A decision to burn more wood pellets means burning more trees for electricity – producing a fuel that’s actually dirtier than coal.

The forestry industry is marketing wood pellets (biomass) as a climate solution to replace fossil fuels, but burning wood pellets is dirtier than coal at the smokestack. While wood pellets are supposed to be made from wood waste and dead trees - we’re seeing more WHOLE TREES from across Canada, logged and exported to produce carbon loaded energy internationally.

I'm urging the Ontario government to stop the expansion and development of this harmful industry.