Rising awareness about black carbon Half of the world's population — roughly 3 billion people — cook their food and heat their homes by burning coal and biomass material like wood and animal dung, over open fires or rudimentary stoves, according to U.S. EPA. (scientificamerican.com)
Lack of fuel wood and use of poor biomass materials as alternative energy sources has aggravated forest destruction. (greenbeltmovement.org)
Our commitment to next - generation energy includes harnessing the potential of biomass material for the production of green power. (iea.net)