Renewable energy is a key to addressing climate change, but there is a dirty secret hiding in plain sight! The acclaimed documentary “BURNED – Are Trees the New Coal?” explains how logging forests and burning trees is supported and subsidized as “clean,” “carbon neutral” and “renewable” even as it is leading to deforestation, polluting our air and making climate change worse!
Standing Trees Vermont, a new coalition working to protect, preserve and restore forests on our state and federal lands, presents this online event with the support of our many allies in the region. Coalition members as well as filmmakers Lisa Merton and Chris Hardee respond to questions in this portion of the event.
About the film “BURNED - Are Trees the New Coal?”: Through interviews with activists, experts, and citizens, along with verité-style footage shot across the U.S. and in Europe, BURNED interweaves the science of climate change, energy-policy disputes, the biomass industry practices, forest ecology, the conflict over jobs, and the actions of activists and citizens who are working to protect their health and that of their communities, the forest, and our climate.
