Skip to main content
Log piles at Enviva plant, North Carolina. | Still from "Burned"

BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?

BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?

A documentary about the burning of wood at an industrial scale for energy, "BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?" tells the little-known story of the accelerating destruction of our forests for fuel, and probes the policy loopholes, huge subsidies, and blatant greenwashing of the burgeoning biomass power industry.

By independent filmmakers Marlboro Films, LLC: Alan Dater, Lisa Merton, and Chris Hardee.

Watch this show and many more anytime, anywhere on the free PBS App.

Stream to your TV
Support Provided By