As world leaders pledge more action on climate change, one so-called solution—burning trees for electricity—could undermine progress.
Europe is betting big on wood to replace coal, but the industry is taking heat for stoking carbon emissions and air pollution.
Drax received more than £800m in subsidies last year for burning woody biomass at its Selby plant, but the UK's classing of biomass as renewable is contentious.
Researchers from MIT Sloan School of Management have found that wood pellets burned in European and UK power plants actually emit more CO2 per kilowatt hour than that generated by coal.
"The combination of the high inflation rate and the tight labour market suggests that there is no need for strongly expansionary Fed policies."
"Today was probably the largest demonstration of aggregation risk that we've seen."
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Laura Zwanziger (MBA '21) says: "MIT Sloan's MBA program is largely team project based for most classes."
" ... digital products sold across borders are subject to increased scrutiny and controls, and can be targeted for bans ... by host governments."
"On the supply side, it means the inflationary pressures will probably persist even longer."
