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How Bioenergy Causes Air Pollution

By Sam Davis

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Guide to Renewable Energy

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Guide to Renewable Energy

This guide explores the promise and perils of renewable energy. Can renewable energy achieve the emissions cuts we need to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis? Can we avoid an energy crisis if we abandon fossil fuels? What is the dark truth behind bioenergy? Is hydropower a real or false solution? Is the renewable energy transition succeeding or failing?

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Leslie Alan Horvitz

Leslie Alan Horvitz is an author and journalist specializing in science.

David Fridley

David Fridley is a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a fellow of the Post Carbon Institute.

Sam Davis

Sam Davis is a staff scientist at the Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI), a nonprofit that uses science, litigation, policy analysis, and strategic communications to promote policies that protect climate, ecosystems, and people.

Richard Heinberg

Richard Heinberg is senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute and the author of Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival.

Robin Scher

Robin Scher is a freelance writer and journalist based in South Africa.