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Electric power plants across Europe are using fuel generated from wood pellets, a so-called biomass fuel that comes from forests of oak and poplar trees here in the U.S. It's part of an effort by the European Union to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But a new report looks at the deforestation that results from the pellet industry, and it challenges the notion that wood pellets are any more environmentally friendly than fossil fuels like coal. [Source: National Public Radio]
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