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As EU finalizes renewable energy plan, forest advocates condemn biomass

Justin Catanoso 7 Dec 2022
Logging operation in Sweden for paper products and biomass energy. Image courtesy of Marcus Westberg.

EU’s winter energy crisis intensifies pressure on forests (commentary)

Martin Pigeon 1 Dec 2022

Cooking with the sun: Entrepreneurs help launch Mexico’s solar revolution

Sandra Weiss 27 Oct 2021
Boats afloat in a lake of hyacinth at Kisumu. Image by Richard Portsmouth via Flickr (CC BY-ND-2.0)

From a nuisance to a benefit, ‘world’s worst weed’ finds new use as biofuel

Federica Marsi 6 Sep 2021
Old growth trees in Olympic National Park. Image courtesy of Matt Shiffler Photography via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Old-growth forests of Pacific Northwest could be key to climate action

Justin Catanoso 1 Sep 2021

Turning Kenya’s problematic invasive plants into useful bioenergy

Anthony Langat 21 Jul 2021

Indonesia bets on biofuels over oil, but EVs could render both moot

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jul 2021

Playing the long game: ExxonMobil gambles on algae biofuel

Carly Nairn 6 Jul 2021

Biofuel in Mexico: Uphill battle against bureaucracy, organized crime

Sandra Weiss 2 Jul 2021

Converting biowaste to biogas could power cleaner, sustainable Earth future

Marina Martinez 1 Jul 2021

Cleaning up Cambodia’s kitchens could curb deforestation, climate change

Marissa Carruthers 22 Jun 2021

Rush to turn ‘black diamonds’ into cash eats up Uganda’s forests, fruits

Alex Tumuhimbise 17 Jun 2021
Redwood forest in Santa Cruz County, California. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

American Forests CEO Jad Daley: ‘We are one nation under trees’

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Oct 2020

Madagascar introduces stoves that burn rice husks instead of forests

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 2 Sep 2020

Dodgy science and corporate concessions in Indonesia’s bid for clean palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Dec 2019

Colombian town faces earthquakes, pollution, water shortage as industry expands

Álvaro Avendaño, Diana Velasco 8 Nov 2019

‘Bring it on,’ EU MP says of trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Oct 2019
Oil palm plantation in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia eyes palm oil export boost to China amid mounting U.S. trade war

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Aug 2019

Indonesia calls on palm oil industry, obscured by secrecy, to remain opaque

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 May 2019

Malaysia calls on Southeast Asia to back palm oil against ‘unfair’ claims

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 May 2019

Indonesia’s threat to exit Paris accord over palm oil seen as cynical ploy

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Apr 2019

Europe, in bid to phase out palm biofuel, leaves fans and foes dismayed

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2019

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2019

COP24: Green groups warn of pitfalls in ‘forests for climate’ deal

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jan 2019

Study finds widespread degradation, deforestation in African woodlands

John Cannon 27 Aug 2018

As biomass energy gains traction, southern US forests feel the burn

Rachel Fritts 11 Jun 2018

Biofuel boost threatens even greater deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia: Study

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Jan 2018

Fighting climate change with bioenergy may do ‘more harm than good’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Dec 2017

Renewable energy to power 139 countries? Scientists say it’s possible

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2017

Adding the voice of forestry to the environmental movement (commentary)

Zak Gratton 7 Jul 2017

Aggressive forest protection needed to meet US climate goals

Mike Gaworecki 21 Mar 2017

Investors learning to pay heed to community land rights

John Cannon 13 Feb 2017

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