‘Enough with the burning’: EU executive accused of sacrificing forests

Campaigners criticise European Commission strategy that allows continued burning of trees for fuel

The EU executive has been accused of sacrificing forests" after it published proposals that would allow trees to continue to be burned for fuel.

The charges of accelerating climate breakdown" through wood-burning were made on Friday as the European Commission unveiled its forest strategy, which includes a goal to plant 3bn trees across the EU by 2030.