*[Enwl-eng] Our forests are burning

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      Exposed! The biomass industry is burning trees, a new investigation 
reveals. They’re lying to us that they only burn leftover wood. Send the 
investigation to your MEP and energy minister now. They have the power to 
stop funding the burning of our forests.

      Share it now!
Right now, the biomass industry is burning trees in Europe and we risk 
losing our precious forests.

The European Union currently funds the biomass industry to burn wood for 
energy,  but they’ve been told the industry uses leftover or dead wood - the 
wood that falls off trees, or bark, sawdust and wood residues. Not live 
trees.

Using satellite images, a new shocking investigation from ‘Forest Defender 
Alliance’ on forest logging exposes these industry lies. [1]  It comes at a 
perfect time. Our representatives in the European Parliament (MEPs) and 
energy minister will soon decide the fate of our forests. [2]

Let’s stop them from funding the burning of forests. As we cut Russian oil 
and gas, this becomes even more pressing: we’ll look to alternative energy 
sources and the biomass industry could start burning even more trees. [3]

If we can get this report on the tables and in their inboxes in time, we 
have a chance to get them on our side. Share the investigation and reveal 
the industry’s lies to your MEP and energy minister now.

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You can read the report here.

With this investigation in our hands, we can shed light on how the biomass 
industry is destroying our forests to burn them. We must speak up so that 
politicians don’t fall for industry lies.

Through 50 pages of satellite images and photographic evidence, here are the 
most important findings we want MEPs and our energy minister to see:

  1.. Massive power plants from Spain to Sweden, from France to Finland are 
burning trees.
  2.. The investigation analysed wood used in multiple energy facilities 
across Europe. The images show evidence of wood sourced directly from 
forests being burnt for energy.
  3.. Because burning trees counts as ‘green energy’ the industry receives 
billions in EU subsidies. [4]
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Our forests should be allowed to restore and to grow old. Take 1 minute to 
join this action and share this report with your MEP and energy minister 
today.

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Thanks to our campaign you, and close to 300,000 people who have signed the 
petition. Now it’s time to make our representatives aware. Share the 
investigation now.

With thanks,

David (London), Virginia (Madrid), Mika (Bordeaux) and the entire WeMove 
team

PS: If we want to have an economy that prevents the climate crisis, the last 
thing we should do with wood is burn it. But half of the wood logged in the 
EU’s forests is burned right away. This is even worse for the climate than 
burning fossil fuels. [5] Share the investigation with your representatives 
now.



References:
[1] Link to the report: Biomass Facility in Europe 2022.
[2] The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) 
will vote in May- but politicians are making up their mind right now. The 
influential Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) will vote in 
approximately June this year. Our heads of states and energy ministers also 
work on the policy.
[3] The EU already plans on burning more forests for energy: “In its latest 
proposal on key climate policies, the EU has also modelled an increase of 
50% of forest wood for fuel on today’s use until 2050. This directly 
undermines the EU’s climate and biodiversity goals and targets.” Biomass 
Facility in Europe 2022 , page 3.
[4] Use of forest biomass has increased steeply in recent years - tripling 
since the 1990s - thanks to annual renewable energy subsidies that are today 
worth around €17 billion.
[5] “The amount of carbon dioxide released per unit of electricity produced 
by woody biomass is typically 50% greater than coal”. Prof. William Moomaw, 
Tufts University IPCC author for 19 years on five reports. Read it here: 
http://www.perspectivesecologiques.com/telechargements/SOSFSUD%20Myth%20of%20Carbon%20Neutrality%20of%20Biomass%20Pr%20William%20Moomaw%20Tufts%20University.pdf



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From: David - WeMove Europe
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2022 6:55 PM
Subject: Our forests are burning

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