Bionenergy and Waste Incineration in the Renewables Obligation: A Summary of Impacts
This Biofuelwatch briefing summarises key impacts of subsidies for electricity from bioenergy and waste incineration on climate change, biodiversity, air pollution and public health, human rights, landgrabbing and the right to food, the demand for water, and on the development and effects of genetic engineering. For an analysis of the legal instrument, the UK Renewables Obligation, in relation to bioenergy and waste incineration and of the scale of the industry created by it, see here.
