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Piling on the pressure: The impacts of the pulp and paper industry’s domination of the biomass electricity market in Portugal

Date: 01/03/2023

Topics: Biomass, Portugal, Pulp Mill, Subsidies, Wildfire

EPN, Quercus, Acréscimo, Iris, and Biofuelwatch expose the harmful impacts of burning forest biomass in Portugal’s pulp mills, and call for an end to subsidies that incentivize inefficiency, contribution to carbon emissions, and wildfire risks.

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