Even as Congress declares that biomass is carbon neutral, burning it puts thousands of lives at risk. Biomass mostly comes from firewood, waste wood, wood pellets and wood chips, but it can also come ...

California’s most expensive electricity source is finally poised to lose a government handout that props up its high costs ...

April 23rd, 2009 was an important day for Europe. On this day, the European Commission passed the Renewable Energy Directive, which required that Europe as a whole must produce 20 percent of its ...

Bioenergy is often seen as a more environmentally-friendly alternative to other forms of energy generation. But the truth is that it can actually be quite harmful to the environment. Bioenergy has a ...

Mulched trees are converted by biomass plants into energy. Sstate Assemblymember Rudy Salas sees it as a key for California’s power future, but Nayamin Martinez of the Central California Environmental ...

Personal exposure to fine particulate matter with a diameter of ≤ 2.5 μm (PM 2.5) or carbon monoxide (CO) from biomass cooking showed no association with the risk for severe pneumonia in infants.

Scott Weichenthal, Ryan Kulka, Eric Lavigne, David van Rijswijk, Michael Brauer, Paul J. Villeneuve, Dave Stieb, Lawrence Joseph and Rick T. Burnett Background: Biomass burning is an important source ...

Just days after an air quality action day was issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for much of Massachusetts, lawmakers met virtually to discuss amending the state ...

The Obama administration put off for another three years a decision on whether to regulate planet-warming gases from biomass power. The surprise delay dealt a blow to green groups' hopes for pollution ...

PANIPAT, India, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A toxic smog engulfs India's capital every winter, as particles from bonfires of crop stubble and vehicle exhausts hang in the air, but New Delhi is enforcing a ban ...