A new energy company wants to resume the export of woodchips from native forests and develop a wood-fired hydrogen project for the … Sweetman Renewables is raising funds to establish a business that exports woodchips to Japan to be burnt in bioenergy plants in a plan Nature Conservation Council chief executive Chris Gambian described as “abhorrent”. The proposal comes as West Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced his state would ban logging in native forests entirely and establish a transition fund to support workers and communities involved in the industry… Mr Gambian said the group would oppose the plan and predicted it would prompt a community backlash if it went ahead… “We will talk directly to the investor community to ensure that investors understand that every dollar spent on this proposal is a dollar spent to destroy our forests, and a dollar against climate action.”

Additional Coverage in Renew Economy, by Michael Mazengarb: Wood to hydrogen: Valid green alternative or an environmental disaster?