What are the risks with wood burning in Japan?

Alasdair talks to Roger Smith (mightyearth.org/about-us/roger-smith), Japan Director for Mighty Earth, about Japanese biomass imports and the risks of the country's coal power stations switching to wood-burning.

Further reading:
• SMOKESCREEN: SUMITOMO’S “CARBON NEUTRAL” FAILURES (mightyearth.org/wp-content/uploads/Mighty-Eart…)
• SUMITOMO CORPORATION’S DIRTY ENERGY TRADE: Biomass, Coal and Japan’s Energy Future (mightyearth.org/wp-content/uploads/MIghty-Sumi…)
• Biomass cofiring loopholes put coal on open-ended life support in Asia (news.mongabay.com/2022/08/biomass-cofiring-loo…), Mongabay
• As biomass burning surges in Japan and South Korea, where will Asia get its wood? (news.mongabay.com/2022/05/as-biomass-burning-s…), Mongabay
• Fossil Free Japan (fossilfreejapan.org)
• Biomass Info (biomassinfo.jp), a resource library (Japanese)
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