New BECCS paper Nat. Sust. finds increases in emissions. Why? Half carbon lost before power plant, wood has 2x the carbon of natural gas, and produces electricity at 2/3 efficiency. Trees regrow, but takes time. Preprint for those without acccess assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-903....

Many govts hope capturing carbon from power plants burning wood will cause "negative emissions." New Nature Sust. paper today finds this likely increases emissions for decades, generates no negative emissions within 150 years, and increase electricity costs ~3.5-fold. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Does burning more wood lead to more forests & help the climate? In a new Nature paper, WRI & Yale researchers show such claims rely on flawed accounting and models, and misinterpret underlying studies. Read the papers: rdcu.be/eNkXX RSVP to a webinar 10/31, 9:30 ET: hub.wri.org/events/2025/...

Join WRI for a webinar with best-selling author Michael Grunwald on July 1st, the day Simon & Shuster is releasing his new book - We Are Eating the Earth. Register here: www.wri.org/events/2025/...

Hey I’m doing a webinar about food, ag, and the future of the planet with @worldresources.bsky.social on July 1, publication day for WE ARE EATING THE EARTH. We’ll talk beef, biofuels, cool technologies and depressing politics. You can register here: www.wri.org/events/2025/...

Oh, and here's another essay I once wrote in the NYT about how we could save forests by ditching ethanol. So on Sunday, if you find yourself wondering why I didn't write about how we need to stop using valuable land to grow grain for our fuel tanks, well, I did. www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/o...

Hey, I just wanted to post this essay I once wrote in the NYT about how we need to eat less beef to save forests. No reason. Although this Sunday, if you read something else by me and wonder why this idiot didn't write about how we need to eat less beef, well, I did. www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/o...

Some jerk wrote an essay in the NYT claiming industrial agriculture is actually good for forests and the climate. That jerk is me! Here’s a free link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...