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West Coast Wood Exports Under­cut Econ­o­my and Environment - by Saman­tha Chir­il­lo, Ener­gy Jus­tice Network Since the Euro­pean Union (EU) coun­tries set high car­bon reduc­tion stan­dards and count­ed bio­mass ener­gy as car­bon neu­tral and renew­able, bio­mass exports from the south­east­ern U.S. have skyrocketed. Now, as Japan looks for an alter­na­tive to nuclear ener­gy, as U.S. cor­po­ra­tions…