Europe’s renewable energy directive poised to harm global forests
(2018) Nature Communications — Vol. 9, n° 1, p. 4 (2018)
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Searchinger, Timothy D. 
Kammen, Daniel M.
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- This comment raises concerns regarding the way in which a new European directive, aimed at reaching higher renewable energy targets, treats wood harvested directly for bioenergy use as a carbon-free fuel. The result could consume quantities of wood equal to all Europe’s wood harvests, greatly increase carbon in the air for decades, and set a dangerous global example.
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Searchinger, T. D., Beringer, T., Holtsmark, B., Kammen, D. M., Lambin, E., Lucht, W., Raven, P., & van Ypersele de Strihou, J.-P. (2018). Europe’s renewable energy directive poised to harm global forests. Nature Communications, 9(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06175-4 (Original work published 2018)