Commentary: Mill Closures to Energy Innovation: How Biomass Can Revitalize U.S. Forests

For 50 years, the South’s paper mill industry decline has imposed serious risks for the health and stability of working forests, forestry communities, and product supply chains. Endowment CEO Peter Madden shares how one rising need can help meet another: renewable energy for data centers supplied by working U.S. forests.

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About the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities: 
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities is a not-for-profit public charity collaborating with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communities.

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Aleta Rogers, aleta@usendowment.org