Breathe Project Reports

Peer-reviewed

Air Pollution from Biomass Energy

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Published 2011
Biomass, Pollution Sources
National

Summary

Despite the frequent depiction of biomass as “clean” energy, data from air permit applications and real smokestack tests demonstrate that biomass is a heavily polluting technology.

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