Partnership for Policy Integrity

Greenlighting BECCS and biochar as removal technologies in the EUTS buys into the fantasy that burying tree carbon “removes” CO2 from the atmosphere – which is exactly what Drax is peddling in its efforts to attract investors. Read our post. www.pfpi.net/2026/10/shou...

The EU’s carbon scheme already has a big error baked in – the treatment of so-called “sustainable” biomass as having zero emissions. Now they are doubling down by treating stored biomass carbon as having *negative* emissions. Read why the science says No. www.pfpi.net/2026/10/what...

Right now, the European Commission is promoting biomass as zero-carbon energy, in the RED and the ETS. But when pressed on the science, they admit that biomass is *not* zero-carbon. Will the EU deliver climate policy that’s based on science? www.pfpi.net/2026/10/what...

The Project River data center proposed for Bradley County, TN is 850 acres & would be powered by the largest biomass power plant in the country (burning 6 million tons of trees a year!) PLUS a utility-scale combustion turbine gas plant. Ridiculous. newschannel9.com/news/local/e...

Fires are 63% more likely to start in the areas outside of protected roadless forests than inside them. So why is the administration telling us rolling back the roadless rule will help prevent fires? Explore our zoomable state-by-state fire map. roadless-rollback.pfpi.net

We think of western forests when we think of wildfires but Trump’s plan to rescind the roadless rule puts tens of thousands of acres of forests in New Hampshire, Virginia and other eastern states at greater risk of wildfire. Explore our state-by-state map. roadless-rollback.pfpi.net

Our interactive, state-by-state map shows fire ignitions inside and outside inventoried roadless areas of forest and demonstrates that rescinding the roadless area conservation rule is likely to increase fires in these irreplaceable forests. roadless-rollback.pfpi.net

Glad to see ABC News reference our analysis of the profound value Inventoried Roadless Areas bring to people and the planet, and the perils of rescinding the Roadless Rule in its Roadless Rule article. abcnews.com/US/trump-adm...

Our recent analysis shows the administration’s justifications for rescinding the “Roadless Rule” in 45 million acres of intact forests are fiscally misguided and ecologically flawed. The final comment period for this zombie plan opened today. www.pfpi.net/2026/08/new-...

A new US Forest service plan for 5 million acres of forests in Oregon & Washington “seeks to open up and pillage one of the wildest places left in the U.S.” according to a local forest expert. Read our latest post + link to great reporting from @columbiainsight.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/3adcfdsa

Oregon’s lands & waters already capture and store the equivalent of 11 million gas-powered cars worth of emissions each year. The new goals equal 13 million cars worth of greenhouse gases a year. Via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/07/23/c...

Proposed revisions to the EU Emissions Trading System are bad news for forests and the climate. Forests store carbon, shield us from heatwaves, drought, floods & other climate impacts. The new plan further incentivizes logging forests and burning them for energy. forestdefenders.org/the-eus-emis...

We have a hopeful report from a recent conference we helped convene in the European Parliament. There is a growing political consensus about the importance of caring for public and private forests. forestdefenders.org/the-future-o...

We have been all over this project from the beginning. It’s no more green or sustainable now than it was then. @canarymedia.com has the latest on Palmer’s efforts to build a dirty biomass power plant in Springfield, Mass. www.canarymedia.com/articles/ene...

You can now read PFPI’s policy on AI at our website. ”Written by humans, for humans. When you read something from PFPI, you can be confident that it was written by a human being who is doing their best to reflect expert knowledge….” www.pfpi.net/about-us/

Today the Massachusetts Senate moved us one step closer to cleaner air, better climate policy and stronger environmental justice by closing the municipal lighting plant biomass loophole. Read our wonky hot take. www.pfpi.net/2026/07/part...

“The justifications for rescinding the Roadless Rule are fiscally misguided and ecologically flawed.” FSEEE highlights our study that concludes that IRAs have among the highest integrity forests in the nation. nationalforestadvocates.org/roadle ss-rule-rescission-threatens-vital-ecosystems/

Our analysis confirms that the administration’s justifications for rescinding the “Roadless Rule” in 45 million acres of intact forests are fiscally misguided and ecologically flawed. These areas have top notch “forest integrity scores” among all forests in the nation. www.pfpi.net/2026/06/new-...

On behalf of NGOs, PFPI and Lifescape filed a request for review of EU “removals” legislation that greenlights burning trees, storing the carbon belowground, and counting this as a negative emission. Time to bring sanity to BECCS and biochar schemes! forestlitigation.org/cases/contes...

Our new analysis finds that ecosystem services such as clean and abundant water, biodiversity, cultural significance, and climate regulation are significantly higher in more intact, roadless forests, which are also associated with lower wildfire incidence. www.pfpi.net/2026/06/new-...

Today, a group of NGOs escalated their fight against the EU’s “green investment” rules to Europe’s highest court, arguing that the current rules permit the greenwashing of forestry and bioenergy projects that actually make climate change worse. Read the press release.

Mark 5/26/2026 as the day NY State surrendered its status as a national leader on sane climate policy. Gov. Hochul just signed a budget that back pedals on all the commitments the legislature made in 2019. Read our take on the Empire State’s policy punt. www.pfpi.net/2026/05/new-...

One reason NY State’s budget deadline keeps getting extended is the Gov’s desire to roll back key provisions of NY’s landmark climate law which, among other things, makes biomass power ineligible for clean energy subsidies. See our recent post on the budget machinations. www.pfpi.net/2026/04/new-...

Bioeconomy or biocide? Without limits to biomass use, the EU risks destroying the very biosphere it claims to protect. forestdefenders.org/wp-content/u...

Bioeconomy or biocide? Without limits to biomass use, the EU risks destroying the very biosphere it claims to protect. Read More Here. forestdefenders.org/wp-content/u... #EUbioeconomy #EUforests #CarbonSink

BECCS is a #ClimateCon. The IPCC recognizes burying tree carbon doesn’t “remove” CO2 from the atmosphere. #BECCS #Drax www.pfpi.net/2025/07/once...

CA’s largest proposed wood-pellet plant is on hold after thousands of public comments and broad science-based opposition. The replacement wood-chipping project will be just as problematic. #climate @teampfpi.bsky.social @nrdc.org www.nrdc.org/press-releas...

Over 40 organizations warn the EU: certifying BECCS and biochar under flawed carbon removal rules increase CO2 emissions, not removals! These “removals” aren’t from the atmosphere—they’re from forests. #StopGreenwashing #EUClimate #CRFC www.fern.org/publications...

🔥Reject Continued Subsidies to Drax🔥 Burning forest wood is not 'low carbon', is a massive source of #airpollution in the UK, and contributes to the destruction of old growth forests.

The Dutch House has declared biomass & BECCS policies controversial—putting them on hold. No more false climate solutions that harm forests & biodiversity. The caretaker govt is out. Voters decide what’s next. www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-fen...

BECCS is a false climate solution. Dutch lawmakers must block BECCS subsidies before it’s too late. Read more from Comité Schone Lucht & allies: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #ForestsAreNotFuel #BECCS #StopGreenwashing

‪@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu‬ and jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu‬ WE💚FORESTS. Show your commitment to the EUDR and help protect what we love! The EU Deforestation Regulation will keep forest destruction off our shelves! #Together4Forests

🔴Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy Critics argue the technology is a “dangerous distraction” to the real measures required to tackle catastrophic man-made climate change bylinetimes.com/2025/06/11/r...

#ThinkAgainRachel #Chancellor #SpendingReview Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy - @bylinetimes.bsky.social “a colossal waste of money that actively worsens the climate crisis even with carbon capture”. Read more 👉 scrapcc.org/BYLINE

Drax’s “green” power burns forests and hides the data. Before more subsidies, release the full audit. Public money shouldn’t fuel ecological harm. #Biomass #ClimateAction forestlitigation.org/draxs-subsid...

A wood‑burning plant is back in Springfield—once called MA’s #AsthmaCapital. This isn’t climate progress—it’s pollution rolling back clean‑energy gains. PFPI stands against large‑scale biomass. #ClimateJustice #CleanEnergy #EnviroPolicy www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

H.R.1 is not a reconciliation budget—it’s an environmental wrecking ball. Ends clean energy tax credits Mandates timber extraction Fast-tracks oil & gas projects Slashes pollution controls Blocks judicial review #StopHR1 #ClimateCrisis #PFPI PFPI breaks it down:

The UK just launched an ‘independent’ review of biomass and BECCS—chaired by a longtime biomass cheerleader. What could possibly go wrong? forestlitigation.org/a-familiar-p...

The Drax case has settled. Here is our overview. www.pfpi.net/2025/03/the-...

UK Dept Energy & Net Zero still misleading on #biomass in Parl. hearing. “Don’t trust yr lying eyes: UK burns ‘wood waste,’ not trees & 12m t GHG’s pouring out of @draxgroup.bsky.social smokestack is actually ‘zero.’” @chrishinchliff.bsky.social properly skeptical bit.ly/3QUs3kf