Enviva reports that under RED III, woody biomass is set to remain a renewable energy source in the UK. In related news: John Mullinder says the ‘investigative case’ against Paper Excellence is full of innuendo; climate activists continue to question the sustainability of biomass; and the hidden carbon impacts of getting mass timber wrong.
In other news: FSC decides not to pursue its ‘genetic engineering learning process’; BC’s first Carbon Management Blueprint is released; West Virginia’s Clay lumber mill is engulfed by fire; Ohio’s Taylor Lumber is up for auction; and forestry investment updates from the UK and Australia.
Finally, and sadly, Riverside Forest Products pioneer Gerald Raboch died at 94.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor