The wood pellet industry is…

The wood pellet industry is not a climate solution. Wood pellets are marketed as a clean energy alternative, but they produce more carbon than coal when they are burned. One of the main products of Ontario’s forest biomass industry is wood pellets.

Increasing deforestation is not a climate solution. 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.

The Ontario government claims that expanding the wood pellet industry will provide alternative employment for fossil fuel workers. And yes, the wood pellet industry is not fossil fuel, but the wood pellet industry dumps more carbon into the atmosphere than fossil fuels.

The wood pellet industry makes no climate sense, and should be discouraged.