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<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400"><BIG><STRONG>Europe’s forests are
disappearing at an alarming pace - because we burn them.</STRONG> The EU
calls it “green energy” and gives industry subsidies to do it! Now, EU
leaders will finally look into it. <STRONG>This is our chance to save
Europe’s forests.</STRONG></BIG></SPAN></P>
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<CENTER><I>This petition was launched on our YouMove platform by a pan-European
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<P><BIG><I>“I recently wanted to go for a walk in the forest I know from my
childhood, near my grandparents’ house. But what I remembered as a peaceful,
green sanctuary, looked like the picture of misery - stretches of bare tree
stumps, perfectly healthy trees cut down in hundreds. I felt like
crying.”</I></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>My colleague Monika shared this story with me and she is not alone.
Europe’s forests are disappearing at a pace unseen for decades. [1] There is a
whole industry that cuts and burns forest and the EU calls it “green energy”. We
even support it with our taxpayer money!</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>But there is a glimpse of hope: Right now, the EU is looking at how
to change the law</B> about what counts as green energy and hence receives EU
subsidies. This is our opportunity to exclude energy linked to deforestation.
[2]</BIG></P>
<P><STRONG><BIG>We know they will hear from some of the world's biggest
companies, so let’s make sure they also listen to our voices from across
Europe.</BIG></STRONG></P>
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<P><BIG><B>Across the EU, the subsidies this industry gets from the state are
enormous and growing.</B> For example, in Germany in 2017 they filled their
pockets with over €1.7 billion of public funds: this would amount to €20 per
German citizen. [3]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>And it’s not just EU forests that are suffering.</B> The EU imports
an increasing amount of wood from the US, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, and even
Brazil - all to be burnt in the EU. [4] One of the world’s leading
climatologists, professor Bill Moomaw sums up: <I>“I’m at loss to understand how
this policy went forward unless you discover there was total government capture
by the forest products industry.”</I> [5] </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Rarely a small change in the rules can mean so much for the future of
our planet. <B>We can save our forests by just removing trees from the list of
“green” energy sources</B> - so let’s put pressure on the EU to do just
that.</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><B>Our community has come together to save forests before, and succeeded
in Romania, Bulgaria and Poland!</B> [6] Now is our chance to stand up for all
forests, in Europe and beyond.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Thank you!<BR>David (London), Marta (Warsaw) and the entire WeMove
Europe team</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>PS: Burning trees also impacts our health. Wood burning is a major
source of the air pollution that already kills over 1,000 people per day in the
EU. [7] <A
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1] See the findings in “Nature”: Between 2011–15 and
2016–18, harvested forest area in Europe increased from 0.76 million hectares to
1.13 million hectares.
https:<SPAN>//www.nature</SPAN>.com/articles/d41586-020-01848-x<BR>[2]
https:<SPAN>//ec.europa</SPAN>.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12553-EU-renewable-energy-rules-review/public-consultation<BR>[3]
See the detailed report:
https:<SPAN>//www.nrdc</SPAN>.org/sites/default/files/burnout-eu-clean-energy-policies-forest-destruction-ip.pdf<BR>[4]
A recent article:
https:<SPAN>//news.mongabay</SPAN>.com/2020/08/are-forests-the-new-coal-global-alarm-sounds-as-biomass-burning-surges/
and a more detailed
report:<BR>https:<SPAN>//ec.europa</SPAN>.eu/energy/sites/ener/files/documents/biosustain_report_final.pdf<BR>[5]
https:<SPAN>//www.vox</SPAN>.com/science-and-health/2019/3/4/18216045/renewable-energy-wood-pellets-biomass<BR>[6]
Romania:
https:<SPAN>//you.wemove</SPAN>.eu/campaigns/romania-save-europe-s-last-large-virgin-forests;<BR>Bulgaria:
https:<SPAN>//act.wemove</SPAN>.eu/campaigns/Save-the-Kresna-Gorge, Poland:
https<SPAN>://act.wemove</SPAN>.eu/campaigns/defend-forest?utm_source=civimail-34134&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20201217_EN
[7]
https:<SPAN>//op.</SPAN>europa<SPAN>.eu</SPAN>/webpub/eca/special-reports/air-quality-23-2018/en/</SMALL></P>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 27, 2020 4:32 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Save our trees</DIV></DIV>
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