A new peer-reviewed study quantifies broadly for the first time the air pollution and public health impacts across the United States from both manufacturing wood pellets and burning them for energy.
The study finds that U.S. biomass-burning facilities emit on average 2.8 times the amount of pollution of power plants that burn coal, oil or natural gas.
By Justin Catanoso
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/study-burning-wood-pellets-for-energy-endangers-local-communities-health/
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