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Thinning Combined With Biomass Energy Production May Increase, Rather Than Reduce, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Author: D.A. DellaSala and M. Koopman

Date: 2015

Location: Array

Language: English

Type of resource: Report

Topics: Climate

Thinning and energy production from biomass are being increasingly implemented in the Western U.S. as a “win-win” approach to reducing fire risk and replacing fossil fuels. Yet questions and uncertainty about ecological impacts and carbon neutrality are highlighted in recent research.

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Organization: Geos Institute