TIMBER AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CONCERN OVER BIOMASS ENERGY GROWTH
September 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN UNLIKELY alliance is forming in response to the European Commission's plans to increase the use of biomass in Europe's energy mix: the European timber industry and environmentalists.
Normally at loggerheads, if you excuse the pun, the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) and the Worldwide Find for Nature (WWF) have combined forces to recommend that the energy sector's exploitation of biomass grow in a sustainable way
After all both sides have crucial interests at stake: CEPI is worried about demand for timber and wood waste ...
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