Tag: wood pellets
The worldwide business of the timber mafia – politics
Experts estimate that every second tree in Romania’s forests is felled illegally. Valuable precious wood – teak for expensive yachts – from Myanmar reaches the European Union despite sanctions. And…
CSU: Bayern is putting pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure – Bayern
CSU boss Markus Söder has a new favorite word when it comes to opposition to the traffic light coalition in Berlin. But at the party conference in Augsburg, he also…
Munich: The firewood market in the area is lee-swept – district of Munich
With gas prices soaring, many homeowners are reminiscing about their open fireplace or stove. But firewood is scarce and extremely expensive. That’s why some are starting to help themselves in…
Wood heat from battle: Baywa opens warehouse – Ebersberg
Where so much wood is stored, it also smells like it. Pellets are stacked almost up to the open wooden beam ceiling of the newly created silo in Schlacht, small…
Biomass and wood: fireplaces and pellets are not climate-neutral – Knowledge
Campfire atmosphere should spread this German winter. Gas is expensive? Then many just stock up on wood to heat. There are said to be up to twelve million private wood-burning…
Biomass: Why cutting down trees is not climate protection – Opinion
What does some climate damage have in common with hell? The road to both is paved with good intentions. Burning wood on a large scale to generate supposedly climate-neutral electricity,…
Gas customers are now supported – but what about the others? – Opinion
Something had to happen, something happened. A state-imposed levy that massively increases the price of gas for millions of households – and on top of that, VAT? The federal government…