Biofuelwatch works to raise awareness of the negative impacts of industrial biofuels and bioenergy on biodiversity, human rights, food sovereignty and climate change. Based in UK and US, we work with national and international partners to expose and oppose the social and environmental damages resulting from bioenergy-driven increased demand for industrial agriculture and forestry monocultures.

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Biofuelwatch Comment on DECC’s Bioenergy Strategy 26 April

Responding to DECC’s proposal on 26 April 2012, as part of its newly published ‘Bioenergy Strategy 2012′ that it wishes to see UK bioenergy contribute 11% of total UK energy consumption by 2020, Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch co-director said, ‘What kind of renewable energy policy promotes deforestation, worsens climate change and gives old coal power stations a new lease of life? We call on the Government to instead favour genuine renewables like wind, solar, tidal, and wave, which we have in abundance.’ …more →

A critical review of biochar science and policy

Searching for remains of a biochar trial plot in Cameroon, Photo: Benoit Ndameu

As the impacts of climate change escalate, efforts to develop new technologies and new approaches to reducing emissions are promoted. One proposal is to sequester carbon in soils using biochar. Advocates claim that adding biochar to soils will store carbon safely away from the atmosphere for hundreds or even thousands of years, while boosting soil fertility and providing other benefits. …more →