Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 @PaulBrannenNE@respublicae.eu

@CarbonGap @EU_Commission Agree we need new technological ways of carbon dioxide removal but we shouldn't overlook the existing & significantly under utilised option of removing CO2 via trees & plants which can then be made into construction materials to store CO2 in buildings https://bit.ly/3jsbP4V

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RT @ForestryCom: Wind turbine towers of wood: The expansion of wind power has been big during the last few years in Sweden. In 2021 alone, over 450 new windmills were built in Sweden. So far all have been built of steel but now wood is available as an optional material.… https://www.forestry.com/editorial/wind-turbine-towers-of-wood-is-it-possible/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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RT @ForestIndustry: More than 75% of Finland's land area is covered by forest. Forest growth has exceeded the annual fellings by 30% in recent years. The growing stock in Finnish forests has increased over the last 50 years.
Facts about Finnish forests: https://www.metsateollisuus.fi/newsroom/facts-about-finnish-forests

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RT @CEIBois: #MeetGreensource newest member EOS!
They joined #Greensource because the sawmill industry is an essential part of the forest-based ecosystem and plays a key role in a more sustainable living style and achieving carbon neutrality in buildings!
https://www.eugreensource.org/

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@ConcreteOntario Then switch to timber https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/30/caress-lift-eco-office-block-miracle-wood-timber-black-white

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In Japan you will find a school points to the future.
RT @wrathofgnon: The town of Motegi in Tochigi Prefecture rebuilt a junior high school using solid timber from their own forests. Using no ventilation, AC or heating, the school has a comfortable indoor climate (for ex. 40-60% humidity) year round). Finishing was all organic oils (sesame etc.).

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@ArielBrunner @sweden2023eu Nothing intrinsically wrong with logging in Europe. It is a sustainable practice, as felled trees are replaced with new planting/growth. The timber can then be used to replace materials made from fossil fuels, as recognised by Friends of the Earth UK p28 https://policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/download/why-we-need-more-trees-uk

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@KiraTaylor15 You could have another opportunity. Until recently the tallest wooden building in the world was the Treet or Tree House in Bergen built by Bob the Builder, or to be strictly accurate BOB the housing association – Norway’s 3rd largest. If you ask who built it, the answer is Bob 😀

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RT @ByDonkeys: We've found Michelle Mone's yacht

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@WildLakeland @leeinthelakes @WoodlandTrust @WestCumbriaRT @UllswaterCic More gorse, more trees? Highly likely and hence the old expression 'The thorn is the mother of the oak', see: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/26/wildwoods-britain-climate-change-northern-forest#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20thorn%20is%20the%20mother,on%20anyone%20found%20extracting%20it.

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@KiraTaylor15 Speaking from my own experience, the primary reason as to why a new MEP needs an experienced parliamentary assistant is to get them to the right room in the European Parliament.

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RT @BalbirnieFarm: Most of the agroforestry pictures on here have photos of #cowsintrees. Today we’ve got #sheepintrees.

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RT @MelissaMean: One of the things we’ll be talking about is front garden retro-fit. If this is your thing, do come along 😊

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Great to see @WaughThistleton & the @TheOfficeGroup getting a much deserved write up for their "eco office block miracle made entirely from wood" in the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/30/caress-lift-eco-office-block-miracle-wood-timber-black-white?CMP=share_btn_tw @CEIBois @TimberDevUK @Wood4Bauhaus

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@jonat5nu @CEIBois @TimberDevUK @Wood4Bauhaus For Europe as a whole the figure is somewhere between 15-20%. But isn't the argument we can both support is that we need to increase this figure for the benefit of the climate?

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RT @JadDaley: The new political balance in Congress is spurring welcome interest in #Forests4Climate, 🌎's original carbon removal technology, as a #bipartisan climate solution.

We just need to agree that 🌳 are a complement--NOT a replacement--for GHG emissions reductions.
@AmericanForests

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“Where wood carbon is transferred to harvested wood products, these can store carbon over the long-term & can substitute for emissions-intensive materials reducing emissions in other sectors” IPPC Special Report on Climate Change August 2019 @CEIBois @TimberDevUK @Wood4Bauhaus

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@thisisconcrete Apparently "low carbon concrete & cements are available today". To be accurate this should really say 'less worse concrete & cements are available today'. And 'less worse' is a good thing but it's just that 'less worse'.

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And some 'clever' wording about carbonation. Concrete can only sequester carbon when it begins to decay at the end of a building's life when either it's no longer safe to inhabit or it has been crushed & scattered so that it can have contact with the air.

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Some slick greenwash from the concrete & cement industry here. Apparently concrete is "fire resistant". Sure it doesn't burn but it explodes or cracks at high temperatures which can lead to structural collapse, just ask a firefighter https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a27377339/why-concrete-explodes/
RT @thisisconcrete: The UK #Concrete and #Cement industry has a robust and ambitious roadmap to cut carbon emissions to beyond #NetZero by 2050.

But what does …

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