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Does replacing coal with wood lower CO2 emissions? Dynamic lifecycle analysis of wood bioenergy

Author: John D Sterman, Lori Siegel and Juliette N Rooney-Varga

Date: 2018

Location: Array

Language: English

Type of resource: Peer reviewed publication

Topics: Climate

Analysis of the climate impact of replacing wood for coal in power generation, which suggests that biofuels are not carbon neutral and would increase atmospheric CO2 and worsen irreversible impacts of climate change.

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