Here, we investigate the seasonal dynamics and climatic sensitivity of tree radial growth and woody biomass production by performing 3 years of weekly observations of wood formation for three ...

Millions of dead trees in California create a huge risk of wildfire. It’s led Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency that will require utilities, power plants and state agencies to work ...

In northern New York state, logger Greg Hemmerich and his crew are clearing out an old pasture at the edge of a forest. "There's a lot of balsam, lot of spruce, thorn apple trees," Hemmerich says.

The FTSE 100 British energy giant Drax was recently booted from the S&P Global Clean Energy Index on the determination it wasn’t actually producing “clean” energy, that is, carbon neutral. It was a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In May, a billboard appeared outside the EU parliament in Brussels playing a video that showed sparse, ...

Biomass, which is essentially trees and grasses as well as forestry and agricultural waste, is burned as a source of both heat and electricity all over the world Dear EarthTalk: There’s a lot of talk ...

With the holidays behind us, many are left wondering what to do with their real Christmas trees. In Anderson, there's an environmentally friendly solution that turns these trees into electricity.

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado – Officials are brainstorming about how to prevent wildfire among dead trees affected by the bark-beetle epidemic. Rich Dziomba, director of nonprofit organization Blue Knight ...

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

Using more biomass will require “large-scale logging . . . of the forests we need to store carbon”, says Almuth Ernsting, from the campaign group Biofuelwatch. Drax power station in Yorkshire. The ...