zuloomedicine.blogg.se

The witness discarded panels
The witness discarded panels










However, the European Parliament voted in mid-September to dismiss this change. In May, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety recommended an amendment to remove primary woody biomass, wood sourced directly from forests, from the EU’s newly-revised Renewable Energy Directive. “I can only fear the consequences,” he said. Martin Pigeon, a researcher and campaigner at Fern, a Netherlands-based environmental NGO dedicated to protecting forests, said that it will be even more problematic since the hastily cut wood won’t be dry enough for the winter, so will produce even more toxic combustion. In February, the British government revised its figures and now reckons wood burners contribute to 38% - up from the previous estimate of 17% - of small particle pollution. Wood-based home appliances are the worst offenders, accounting for €17 billion in health-related costs across Europe, the report found. The energy crisis has been mixed news for the continent’s wood industries, according to Paul Brannen, public affairs director of the European Confederation of the Woodworking Industries and the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry.Īir pollution from fossil fuel and wood burning in the home causes €27 billion a year in health-related costs to society across the EU and UK, according to a study published earlier this year by the European Public Health Alliance. Germany’s police force has warned of a “catastrophic” wave of Internet scams, as fake online stores are claiming to be able to offer firewood for as much as a tenth of the going rate. In July, the EU also banned the import of Russian wood and pellets, and campaigners are warning that spiking prices will be felt the most by the poorest, especially those in Central and Eastern Europe where low-income households tend to be more reliant on firewood than gas.Īmid the rush for wood, crime has reportedly flourished. The Telegraph reported in August that firewood sales in the UK have increased fivefold this year. Local media reports from Poland last month asserted that prices of firewood have already doubled this year. In Bulgaria, which relies heavily on wood burning for most households, prices have also doubled to nearly €100 per cubic meter. Hardwood pellets used in a wood burning boiler Mike Groll/AP Photo Prices for wood pellets, a compressed form of woody biomass that typically burns better than ordinary firewood, have nearly doubled to €600 a ton in France, according to a Bloomberg report.

the witness discarded panels the witness discarded panels

The Hungarian government has banned the export of pellets while at the same time pulling environmental regulations that prevented logging in protected forests. Jarosław Kaczyński, Poland's ruling party chief, said in early September that people should “burn almost everything, of course aside from tires and similarly harmful things.” Government agencies have expressed concerns about illegal logging, as people are expected to venture into the forests to cut down their own fuel, although some politicians have been more lax than others. Energy crisis: Spaniards seek wood pellets and solar panels to heat homesīut the story is the same across the continent: firewood prices are spiking, warehouses have filled their waiting lists until next year, and concerns have been raised that all this will lead to major environmental problems.












The witness discarded panels