Wildfire Wood Pellets: Alberta's Dilemma

Powerwood Canada plans to build two massive wood pellet mills in northern Alberta, requiring five million trees annually from burned forests. The pellets will fuel Japanese power plants, with Alberta already granting logging licenses for over one hundred eighteen thousand cubic meters of wood each year. However, scientists argue that burned forests are biodiversity hotspots and wood pellets release more carbon per energy unit than coal, potentially causing long-term climate issues. The debate intensifies as Alberta has idle fire-damaged land and Powerwood is creating jobs with local Indigenous groups.

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