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Greenwashing – A Report on the Corporate Selling of Polluting Wood Pellet Production

Author: Emma Brentjens, Ana Young Rachel, Nicole Masarova, Claudia Steiner & Robert K. Musil, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Date: 2023

Location: Array

Language: English

Type of resource: Report

Topics: Bioeconomy, Climate, Forests and Biodiversity, Health

Greenwashing: A Report on the Corporate Selling of Polluting Wood Pellet Production is the Rachel Carson Council’s (RCC) third comprehensive report exposing the wood pellet industry, following Clear Cut and Bad Business which respectively explore the “forces driving the wood pellet industry’s hold in the United States” and the “money behind the wood pellet industry.” Each report in the series discusses the severe environmental and climate damage caused by wood pellet production in the United States (U.S.).

Greenwashing offers a new perspective, shedding light on the deceptive claims made by and misinformation surrounding the industry that has increased wood pellet production and retarded remedies. It makes a compelling case for the U.S. to abandon entirely the practice of burning wood pellets for fuel.

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