What are the risks with wood burning in Japan?
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Alasdair talks to 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 SUMITOMO CORPORATION’S DIRTY ENERGY TRADE: Biomass, Coal and Japan’s Energy FutureBiomass cofiring loopholes put coal on open-ended life support in Asia, MongabayAs biomass burning surges in Japan and South Korea, where will Asia get its wood?, MongabayFossil Free JapanBiomass Info, a resource library  (Japanese) Click here to visit The Negative Emissions Gamble, our curated collection of articles and podcasts on carbon removal. Find more podcasts and articles at www.landclimate.org
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