Wood pellets are marketed as…

Wood pellets are marketed as a clean energy alternative, but we know that this isn't true - wood pellets are dirtier than coal at the smokestack! Sadly, they are one of the main products of Ontario’s forest biomass industry.

Increasing deforestation as a climate solution is ridiculous. 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, but these would be jobs in an industry that dumps more carbon into the atmosphere than what it's replacing.

Please STOP the expansion of the wood pellet industry. Do what is right. Choose to be a good ancestor for future generations.