Activities of Marie TOUSSAINT related to 2021/0218(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Renewable Energy Directive (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Scientific studies from the IPCC and others show that wood-burning power plants pump more CO2 into the atmosphere per unit of energy than coal plants. Harvesting trees to burn wood for bioenergy also leads to a reduction in the carbon sinks of forests. These two reasons highlight why the burning of forest biomass for energy is detrimental to efforts to tackle the climate emergency. Whilst planting new trees absorbs emissions over time, the time period for the carbon debt to be paid back is too long as burning of wood will increase warming for decades to centuries and that is true even when the wood replaces coal, oil or natural gas. Furthermore, whilst a tree can be grown and harvested, complex eco- systems such as forests are not easily replaced. The Habitats Directive EU-level assessment of the conservation status of 81forest habitats concluded that 14% are in good (or favourable) conservation status. The remaining habitats are in poor status (54%), bad status (31%) or unknown (1%). In addition, the assessment indicated that forestry is the dominant pressure reported for most of the forest habitat types. In line with the EU’s biodiversity strategy, forests need to be protected and restored. In addition to the impacts on climate and biodiversity, burning wood also has implications for air quality. Wood burning emits fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and polycyclic aromatichydrocarbons (PAHs), which are known to have carcinogenic affects, as well as being a significant source of mercury re-emissions and other toxic pollutants. Accordingly, and with the scale of the climate and ecological crises that we face in mind, it does not make any sense for Member States to continue to provide support for the burning of wood for energy, nor for it to count towards the EU's renewable energy targets.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 26 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 26 a (new)
“(26a) 'woody biomass' comprises both primary and secondary woody biomass;”
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 26 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 26 b (new)
“(26b) 'primary woody biomass' means all roundwood felled or otherwise harvested and removed. It comprises wood obtained from removals, i.e. the quantities removed from forests and tress outside the forests, including wood recovered due to natural mortality and from felling and logging. It includes all wood removed with or without bark, including wood removed in its round form, or split, roughly squared or in other form, e.g. branches, roots, stumps and burls (where these are harvested) and wood that is roughly shaped or pointed or processed into chips, briquettes or pellets;”
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 26 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 26 c (new)
“(26c) 'secondary woody biomass' means residues from forest-based industry, including bark, sawdust and wood shavings that result from sawmilling or wood milling, and recovered post- consumer wood and excludes primary woody biomass processed into chips. bricks or pellets;”
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) the use of saw logs, veneer logs, stumps and rootwoody biomass to produce energy.
Amendment 659 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point i b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point i b (new)
Directive (EU)2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 733 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d a (new)
Directive (EU )2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 6 – point –a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 6 – point –a (new)
(da) In paragraph 6, subparagraph 1, the following point is inserted: (-a) it is not produced from woody biomas;.
Amendment 919 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex VI – part B – point 1
Annex VI – part B – point 1
aa) in point B, point 1 is replaced with the following: "1. Greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of biomass fuels, shall be calculated as follows: (a) Greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of biomass fuels before conversion into electricity, heating and cooling, shall be calculated as: E = eec + CSBF+ el + ep + etd + eu – esca – eccs – eccr, Where E=total emissions from the production of the fuel before energy conversion; eec=emissions from the extraction or cultivation of raw materials; CSBF = carbon storage balance in forests el=annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change; ep=emissions from processing; etd=emissions from transport and distribution;eu=emissions from the fuel in use; esca=emission savings from soil carbon accumulation via improved agricultural management; eccs=emission savings from CO2 capture and geological storage; and eccr=emission savings from CO2 capture and replacement. Emissions from the manufacture of machinery and equipment shall not be taken into account. " Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02018L2001- 20181221&from=EN#tocId58)