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Partnership for Policy Integrity

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The Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses science, litigation, policy analysis and strategic communications to promote policies that protect climate, ecosystems, and people. www.pfpi.net

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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Project River data center proposed for Bradley County, TN is 850 acres & would be powered by the largest biomass power plant in the country (burning 6 million tons of trees a year!) PLUS a utility-scale combustion turbine gas plant. Ridiculous. newschannel9.com/news/local/e...
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Environmental law group challenges Project River annexation, warns of pollution
READ the latest here: Project River developers ask Cleveland to pause action on $11.3B campus amid backlashA prominent environmental law group is urging Clevela
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fires are 63% more likely to start in the areas outside of protected roadless forests than inside them. So why is the administration telling us rolling back the roadless rule will help prevent fires? Explore our zoomable state-by-state fire map. roadless-rollback.pfpi.net
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We think of western forests when we think of wildfires but Trump’s plan to rescind the roadless rule puts tens of thousands of acres of forests in New Hampshire, Virginia and other eastern states at greater risk of wildfire. Explore our state-by-state map. roadless-rollback.pfpi.net
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our interactive, state-by-state map shows fire ignitions inside and outside inventoried roadless areas of forest and demonstrates that rescinding the roadless area conservation rule is likely to increase fires in these irreplaceable forests. roadless-rollback.pfpi.net
Digital map of fire ignitions in and around roadless areas in US forest service lands.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Glad to see ABC News reference our analysis of the profound value Inventoried Roadless Areas bring to people and the planet, and the perils of rescinding the Roadless Rule in its Roadless Rule article. abcnews.com/US/trump-adm...
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Trump admin moves to allow logging and construction in national forests
The USDA, which oversees the U.S. Forest Service, filed the proposed rule and corresponding draft environmental impact statement in the Federal Register on Tuesday.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Our recent analysis shows the administration’s justifications for rescinding the “Roadless Rule” in 45 million acres of intact forests are fiscally misguided and ecologically flawed. The final comment period for this zombie plan opened today. www.pfpi.net/2026/08/new-...
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New Analysis Measures Benefits of Intact, Roadless Forests - Partnership for Policy Integrity
A new analysis uses a “forest integrity score” to measure the value of intact forests versus those impacted by roads and other human-caused forest degradation.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A new US Forest service plan for 5 million acres of forests in Oregon & Washington “seeks to open up and pillage one of the wildest places left in the U.S.” according to a local forest expert. Read our latest post + link to great reporting from @columbiainsight.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/3adcfdsa
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Quadruple logging and more? Forest Service plan is race to the bottom for Oregon’s largest ecoregion - Partnership for Policy Integrity
Oregon's Blue Mountains, known for their beautiful blue hues and endless forested views, are among the wildest remaining landscapes in the Lower 48.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Oregon’s lands & waters already capture and store the equivalent of 11 million gas-powered cars worth of emissions each year. The new goals equal 13 million cars worth of greenhouse gases a year. Via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/07/23/c...
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Climate Commission proposes bigger goals for storing planet-warming gas in Oregon lands, waters • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The commission proposed doubling its 2021 targets for capturing additional carbon dioxide each year in Oregon’s lands and waters.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Proposed revisions to the EU Emissions Trading System are bad news for forests and the climate. Forests store carbon, shield us from heatwaves, drought, floods & other climate impacts. The new plan further incentivizes logging forests and burning them for energy. forestdefenders.org/the-eus-emis...
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The EU’s Emissions Trading System continues to menace forests by promoting wasteful bioenergy
Bioenergy emits as much CO2 as coal and gas, but produces a fraction of the energy. Why isn’t this wasteful fuel being regulated under the ETS?
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We have a hopeful report from a recent conference we helped convene in the European Parliament. There is a growing political consensus about the importance of caring for public and private forests. forestdefenders.org/the-future-o...
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The future of forests should unite us
A small conference to discuss how the EU’s forests can be better managed was supported by a diversity of Parliamentary representatives…
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We have been all over this project from the beginning. It’s no more green or sustainable now than it was then. @canarymedia.com has the latest on Palmer’s efforts to build a dirty biomass power plant in Springfield, Mass. www.canarymedia.com/articles/ene...
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
You can now read PFPI’s policy on AI at our website. ”Written by humans, for humans. When you read something from PFPI, you can be confident that it was written by a human being who is doing their best to reflect expert knowledge….” www.pfpi.net/about-us/
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About Us - Partnership for Policy Integrity
About Us The Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities, and the climate. Back in 2008, when three large biomass power plants we...
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Today the Massachusetts Senate moved us one step closer to cleaner air, better climate policy and stronger environmental justice by closing the municipal lighting plant biomass loophole. Read our wonky hot take. www.pfpi.net/2026/07/part...
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PFPI applauds the Massachusetts Senate's 35–4 vote to remove woody biomass from the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard (GGES)
PFPI applauds the Massachusetts Senate's 35–4 vote to remove woody biomass from the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard (GGES) for municipal lighting plants.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
“The justifications for rescinding the Roadless Rule are fiscally misguided and ecologically flawed.” FSEEE highlights our study that concludes that IRAs have among the highest integrity forests in the nation. nationalforestadvocates.org/roadle ss-rule-rescission-threatens-vital-ecosystems/
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Roadless Area Conservation Act - Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) reintroduced conservation legislation — the Roadless Area Conservation Act (S. 877). The proposed legislation would permanently
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Our analysis confirms that the administration’s justifications for rescinding the “Roadless Rule” in 45 million acres of intact forests are fiscally misguided and ecologically flawed. These areas have top notch “forest integrity scores” among all forests in the nation. www.pfpi.net/2026/06/new-...
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New Analysis Measures Benefits of Intact, Roadless Forests - Partnership for Policy Integrity
A new analysis uses a “forest integrity score” to measure the value of intact forests versus those impacted by roads and other human-caused forest degradation.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
On behalf of NGOs, PFPI and Lifescape filed a request for review of EU “removals” legislation that greenlights burning trees, storing the carbon belowground, and counting this as a negative emission. Time to bring sanity to BECCS and biochar schemes! forestlitigation.org/cases/contes...
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Cases - Forest Litigation Collaborative
The Forest Litigation Collaborative works internationally to protect and restore forest ecosystems through strategic litigation.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Our new analysis finds that ecosystem services such as clean and abundant water, biodiversity, cultural significance, and climate regulation are significantly higher in more intact, roadless forests, which are also associated with lower wildfire incidence. www.pfpi.net/2026/06/new-...
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New Analysis Measures Benefits of Intact, Roadless Forests - Partnership for Policy Integrity
A new analysis uses a “forest integrity score” to measure the value of intact forests versus those impacted by roads and other human-caused forest degradation.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Today, a group of NGOs escalated their fight against the EU’s “green investment” rules to Europe’s highest court, arguing that the current rules permit the greenwashing of forestry and bioenergy projects that actually make climate change worse. Read the press release.
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Environmental NGOs appeal Sustainable Finance Taxonomy ruling on forests to European Court of Justice - Forest Litigation Collaborative
Appeal challenges lower court decision that allows climate-damaging forestry and bioenergy projects to be labelled as green A group of NGOs has escalated their fight against the EU’s “green investment...
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Mark 5/26/2026 as the day NY State surrendered its status as a national leader on sane climate policy. Gov. Hochul just signed a budget that back pedals on all the commitments the legislature made in 2019. Read our take on the Empire State’s policy punt. www.pfpi.net/2026/05/new-...
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New York’s Shameful Retreat on Climate Leadership - Partnership for Policy Integrity
Science? Who needs science when you can just lower the bar?
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
One reason NY State’s budget deadline keeps getting extended is the Gov’s desire to roll back key provisions of NY’s landmark climate law which, among other things, makes biomass power ineligible for clean energy subsidies. See our recent post on the budget machinations. www.pfpi.net/2026/04/new-...
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New York State Budget Goes into Overtime as Climate Law Becomes Focus of Negotiations - Partnership for Policy Integrity
It feels like déjà vu: Governor Hochul is yet again trying to weaken NY's landmark climate law.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Bioeconomy or biocide? Without limits to biomass use, the EU risks destroying the very biosphere it claims to protect. forestdefenders.org/wp-content/u...
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Bioeconomy or biocide? Without limits to biomass use, the EU risks destroying the very biosphere it claims to protect. Read More Here. forestdefenders.org/wp-content/u... #EUbioeconomy #EUforests #CarbonSink
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
BECCS is a #ClimateCon. The IPCC recognizes burying tree carbon doesn’t “remove” CO2 from the atmosphere. #BECCS #Drax www.pfpi.net/2025/07/once...
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Once you see it, you can’t unsee it: “negative emissions” from BECCS is a scam - Partnership for Policy Integrity
Parking tree-carbon belowground doesn't remove carbon pollution from the atmosphere
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
CA’s largest proposed wood-pellet plant is on hold after thousands of public comments and broad science-based opposition. The replacement wood-chipping project will be just as problematic. #climate @teampfpi.bsky.social @nrdc.org www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
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California’s Largest Proposed Wood Pellet Project Defeated
Due to public pressure, Golden State Natural Resources’ biomass project shelved.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Over 40 organizations warn the EU: certifying BECCS and biochar under flawed carbon removal rules increase CO2 emissions, not removals! These “removals” aren’t from the atmosphere—they’re from forests. #StopGreenwashing #EUClimate #CRFC www.fern.org/publications...
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Greenwashing Carbon Removal
Will the EU’s carbon removals policy remove carbon from the atmosphere, or forests from the land? Urgent action is needed to ensure the upcoming EU carbon re...
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The Lifescape Project @lifescape.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🔥Reject Continued Subsidies to Drax🔥 Burning forest wood is not 'low carbon', is a massive source of #airpollution in the UK, and contributes to the destruction of old growth forests.
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The Subsidies Assessment Unit Should Reject Continued Subsidies to Drax - Forest Litigation Collaborative
See our full comments here. While the UK Government has provisionally agreed to give subsidies to Drax, there are still numerous requirements to be met, including review by the Subsidies...
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The Dutch House has declared biomass & BECCS policies controversial—putting them on hold. No more false climate solutions that harm forests & biodiversity. The caretaker govt is out. Voters decide what’s next. www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-fen...
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Goed nieuws! | Fenna Swart
Goed nieuws! Update stemming Tweede Kamer vandaag: Aan onze oproep om het biomassa/BECCS dossier controversieel te verklaren, is gehoor gegeven. De brief met oproep van Comité Schone Lucht, FERN en...
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
BECCS is a false climate solution. Dutch lawmakers must block BECCS subsidies before it’s too late. Read more from Comité Schone Lucht & allies: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #ForestsAreNotFuel #BECCS #StopGreenwashing
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Urgent appeal to the Dutch House of Representatives | Partnership for Policy Integrity
Urgent appeal to the Dutch House of Representatives    Declare the Climate subsidies for 'CO2 capture biomass combustion' controversial - in the name of our forests & biodiversity! 🐢🌳🦉  ...
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
‪@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu‬ and jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu‬ WE💚FORESTS. Show your commitment to the EUDR and help protect what we love! The EU Deforestation Regulation will keep forest destruction off our shelves! #Together4Forests
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🔴Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy Critics argue the technology is a “dangerous distraction” to the real measures required to tackle catastrophic man-made climate change bylinetimes.com/2025/06/11/r...
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Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy
Critics argue the technology is a "dangerous distraction" to the real measures required to tackle catastrophic man-made climate change
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#ThinkAgainRachel #Chancellor #SpendingReview Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy - @bylinetimes.bsky.social “a colossal waste of money that actively worsens the climate crisis even with carbon capture”. Read more 👉 scrapcc.org/BYLINE
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Drax’s “green” power burns forests and hides the data. Before more subsidies, release the full audit. Public money shouldn’t fuel ecological harm. #Biomass #ClimateAction forestlitigation.org/draxs-subsid...
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Drax’s Subsidy Deal: New Assurances, Same Old Need for Scrutiny - Forest Litigation Collaborative
Despite a torrent of evidence that Drax’s tree-burning power station in Yorkshire is contributing to forest destruction and accelerating climate change, the UK Government seems determined to keep prov...
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A wood‑burning plant is back in Springfield—once called MA’s #AsthmaCapital. This isn’t climate progress—it’s pollution rolling back clean‑energy gains. PFPI stands against large‑scale biomass. #ClimateJustice #CleanEnergy #EnviroPolicy www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...
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A proposal for a Massachusetts wood-burning plant is back from the…
Springfield residents thought they had defeated a plan to burn wood waste for energy that would greatly worsen air quality. Now they’re gearing up for…
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
H.R.1 is not a reconciliation budget—it’s an environmental wrecking ball. Ends clean energy tax credits Mandates timber extraction Fast-tracks oil & gas projects Slashes pollution controls Blocks judicial review #StopHR1 #ClimateCrisis #PFPI PFPI breaks it down:
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One Bill To Screw Us All - Partnership for Policy Integrity
Make America Dirtier, Weaker, and Poorer
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The UK just launched an ‘independent’ review of biomass and BECCS—chaired by a longtime biomass cheerleader. What could possibly go wrong? forestlitigation.org/a-familiar-p...
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A Familiar Performance: The UK’s “Independent” Review of Greenhouse Gas Removals - Forest Litigation Collaborative
In February, the UK Government announced it was likely going to continue subsidising tree-burning giant Drax until 2031. Alongside, it promised an independent review of greenhouse gas removal (GGR) te...
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The Drax case has settled. Here is our overview. www.pfpi.net/2025/03/the-...
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The Drax Whistleblower Case: Its Significance for UK Biomass Policy - Partnership for Policy Integrity
The tribunal has revealed deep dysfunction at Drax but also what looks a lot like willful blindness on the part of the government.
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Partnership for Policy Integrity @teampfpi.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
UK Dept Energy & Net Zero still misleading on #biomass in Parl. hearing. “Don’t trust yr lying eyes: UK burns ‘wood waste,’ not trees & 12m t GHG’s pouring out of @draxgroup.bsky.social smokestack is actually ‘zero.’” @chrishinchliff.bsky.social properly skeptical bit.ly/3QUs3kf
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How bureaucrats are trying to trick UK lawmakers about biomass and Drax - Partnership for Policy Integrity
Recent Parliamentary hearings showcased how hard the government is working to protect the energy giant
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