The paper also explains why the European directive’s sustainability conditions would have little consequence. Even if trees are cut down “sustainably,” that does not make the wood carbon free or low ...

The world's wood products -- all the paper, lumber, furniture and more -- offset just one percent of annual global carbon emissions by locking away carbon in woody forms, according to new research.

Building tall buildings out of wood instead of steel offers a lot of benefits, most notably that it considerably cuts the carbon footprint of new construction. But the properties of wood mean that all ...

Trucks enter and leave Enviva's Northampton County, North Carolina, plant day and night. The U.S. wood pellet industry has grown almost 60% since 2016. Companies are cutting trees and making pellets, ...

Odor emissions from wastewater treatment facilities and composting operations and land application of biosolids are priority concerns for wastewater engineers, compost operators, and biosolids ...

A 3,775-year-old log found in Canada had barely lost any of its carbon content since being buried, indicating "wood vaulting" is a viable means of carbon storage. When you purchase through links on ...

Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would begin to count the burning of "forest biomass"—a.k.a. wood—as carbon neutral. The change will classify burning of wood pellets a ...

Q: I’m trying to locate somebody who can appraise some lumber. My husband, Ray, had a woodworking hobby for years and made beautiful furniture, including our four-poster bed made of cherry and inlay.

A new study has found that shifting to wood as a building construction material would significantly reduce the environmental impact of building construction. If 80% of new residential buildings in ...

This 1920s film captures the full lifecycle of logging and paper production in the snowy United States. Beginning with scenes of men and horses working in a snow-covered village, the film shows the ...