Umweltorganisationen warnen vor Klima- und Umweltauswirkungen / Aktuelle LEAG-Pläne zu sogenanntem Co-Firing bedrohen Klima und Wälder / Umweltorganisationen fordern Bepreisung von CO2 aus Holzverbrennung, Stopp aller Ausbaupläne für das Verfeuern von Holz in...
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Mitverbrennung von Holz in Kohlekraftwerken der LEAG
Hintergrundpapier veröffentlicht von Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Biofuelwatch, ROBIN WOOD und NABU, September 2022 Zusammenfassung: In verschiedenen Ländern der EU wird seit Jahren Holz in Kohlekraftwerken mitverbrannt. Für die Betreiber rentiert sich das vor allem, weil...
Press Release: Climate justice campaigners denounce Drax-sponsored events at Labour Party Conference
Photo by Axe Drax Biofuelwatch, The Axe Drax Group and The Stop Burning Trees Coalition Press Release Climate justice campaigners denounce Drax-sponsored events at Labour Party Conference 27th September 2022 - Climate justice campaigners and Labour Party members...
Biofuelwatch briefing about proposals to use bioenergy for hydrogen production
Why hydrogen from bioenergy cannot reduce greenhouse gas emissions Deutsche Version Click here to download Executive Summary: Hydrogen is being strongly promoted by governments, especially in Europe and North America, as part of their ‘net zero’ climate strategies....
Open Letter to Governor Cooper: Stop the expansion of the wood pellet industry
Biofuelwatch and 71 other environmental and climate justice organisations based in the UK have written an open letter to Governor Cooper to ask him to stop the expansion of the wood pellet industry in North Carolina. Enviva is applying to expand production at...
NEWSLETTER Aug 2022
Welcome to our latest newsletter of 2022, full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Click below to share this newsletter! Sign up to mailing list Please Object To Drax’s Dangerous Carbon Capture Plans...
California Governor Doubles Down Supporting High Carbon Liquid Biofuels As Refinery Conversion Governance Concerns Intensify
In late July 2022 the administration of California Governor Gavin Newsom sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that included a list of priorities of what the Governor wants to see elevated in the development of the 2022 Scoping Plan. In California...
Huntly Power Station Conversion Briefing (NSW, Australia)
Converting Huntly Power Plant to Biomass: Impacts on Forests and Climate Click here to download the briefing with references Genesis Energy has started is trialling burning black wood pellets in Huntly Power Station, New Zealand’s largest power plant and the only one...
Gemeinsames Informationspapier: Energieerzeugung aus Altholz
ENERGIEERZEUGUNG AUS ALTHOLZ IN DEUTSCHLANDAuswirkungen auf Klima und Ressourcen Gemeinsames Informationspapier von Naturschutzbund, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, ROBIN WOOD und Biofuelwatch Deutschland verbrennt derzeit einen Großteil seines Altholzaufkommens. Das Land liegt...
Press release: Environmental Groups from Netherlands and 5 pellet supplying countries urge much faster wood biomass phaseout
Environmental groups from countries supplying wood pellets to The Netherlands demand a much faster and more comprehensive phase out of wood bioenergy subsidies than planned - for immediate release - Amsterdam, 20th June 2022 – 31 environmental organisations in the...
Open Letter to Dutch House of Representatives
Joint open letter by 31 organisations from the Netherlands and five countries exporting wood pellets burned in Dutch power plants Click here to download the letter with references and list of signatories Klik hier voor de Nederlandse versie van de brief. Open Letter...
Open brief aan Tweede Kamercommissie voor Economische Zaken en Klimaat
Gezamenlijke open brief van 31 milieu- en bosbeschermingsorganisaties uit Nederland en uit vijf landen waar vandaan houtpellets naar de Nederlandse elektriciteitscentrales worden geëxporteerd Klik hier om de brief met referenties en lijst van ondertekenaars te...
Joint Statement against Hamburg Senate proposal to burn wood or fossil gas in the Tiefstack plant
Hamburg needs an exit from coal, fossil gas and wood! Joint statement by 37 German and international organisations against ongoing climate change emissions by Hamburgs heat and power plant Tiefstack Update: In December 2024, Hamburg's Environment Minister and the...
Hamburg, raus aus Kohle, Erdgas und Holz
Gemeinsame Stellungnahme gegen die fortgesetzte Klimaschädigung durchdas Hamburger Heizkraftwerk Tiefstack, 16. Juni 2022
Aviation ‘Net Zero’ Bill Advances in California Legislature as Irregular Permitting of SF Bay Area Refinery Conversions to Biofuels Receive Legal Challenges
The California Legislature’s Senate Standing Committee on Environmental Quality has advanced a bill that aggressively promotes the creation of an incentives plan to massively increase the quantities of so-called “Sustainable Aviation Fuel” (SAF) produced and consumed...
NEWSLETTER JUNE 2022
Welcome to our latest newsletter of 2022, full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Sign up to mailing list 1. International Day of Action 2. BlackRock Briefing 3.Barclays Drop Drax 4.Report...
Offener Brief an STEAG: Walsum10 darf nicht auf die Verbrennung von Holzbiomasse umgerüstet werden
Offener Brief von ROBIN WOOD e.V., Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V., Biofuelwatch, Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V., Parents for Future Duisburg, Klimaentscheid Duisburg, Fridays for Future Ortsgruppe Duisburg und Students for Future...
Submission opposing a Sustainable Aviation Fuels Bill in California
Biofuelwatch submission to the Californian Senate Environmental Quality Committee opposing a Sustainable Aviation Fuels bill: Our organization Biofuelwatch offers this position letter to the Senate Environmental Quality Committee for your consideration. Biofuelwatch...