friends of the earth scotland webinar on false climate solutions and why bioenergy with carbon capture and storage is not a solution to the climate crisis (June 2019)
FILM PRODUCED BY REELNEWS OF THE 2019 #AXEDRAX PROTEST OUTSIDE THE DRAX AGM IN LONDON (aPRIL 2019)
Film PRODUCED BY REELNEWS FOR THE HAND IN OF A PETITION SIGNED BY OVER 96,000 PEOPLE TO OPPOSE DRAX pOWER sTATION’S PLANS TO BUILD THE uk’S LARGEST EVER GAS poWER STATION (aPRIL 2019)
The petition is still open for signatures and is available here.
1 minute film for the biomass subsidies campaign explaining why we need to redirect renewable subsidies from biomass burning to genuine renewables (Nov 2018)
To ask your MP to help protect forests, wildlife, communities and the climate by transferring around £1 billion in renewable energy subsidies from biomass burning to wind, wave and solar power, please see here.
dutch film about the impacts of pellet imports from the southern us for european power stations, produced by zembla (english subtitles)
Film produced by Jo Syz for the #AxeDrax protests in October 2016
SNAPSHOTS OF THE April 2016 #AXEDRAX DEMO
Find out more about the Biofuelwatch #AxeDrax campaign, and discover what actually happened at the protest.
WHY DO WE WANT TO #AXEDRAX? JOIN THE 2016 #AXEDRAX DEMO
#axedrax protest – April 2015
Biomass & Coal: Why you should join the #axedrax demonstration on Apr 22 2015
Video by Reel News: Biomass Emergency
It’s as dangerous as fracking – it’ll mean deaths in the almost exclusively working class areas where it’s happening – it produces up to 50% more carbon emissions than coal – it’s destroying vital hardwood forests – it’s displacing entire communities – and it’s not being reported anywhere. Please watch and share this film!
If you would like a DVD of the video, please send a cheque for £5.00, made out to Reel News, to 1 Galsworthy Terrace, London N16 0TS or make a donation on their website
Green Investment Bank 2nd Birthday protest
A lively protest – complete with cake and burning trees for candles – took place to coincide with the Green Investment Bank’s 2nd birthday event, where the bank’s vision for 2020 was set out. We were calling on the bank to ditch its dirty and polluting investments in biomass and waste incineration, and in particular to steer clear of huge new biomass power stations proposed for Avonmouth and Teesside. You can watch the protest video, see photos and read our press release. For more information on the GIB and its finance for big biomass, see Banking on Big Biomass.
Green Bank: Stop Banking on Big Biomass!
Biofuelwatch, supporters, and local campaigners staged protests at the Green Investment Bank’s Annual Reviews in London and in Edinburgh.
In Edinburgh an Open Letter was signed by environmental groups, MSPs and local residents and handed to the GIB on Thursday 19th June. Then, on the 26th, chainsaw wielding investment bankers were seen clear-cutting precious forest ecosystems outside the Green Banks Annual Review.
In London a second open letter was signed by residents and organisations opposing a biomass power station in Avonmouth. This was handed to the GIB in London on the 25th of June. At the same time, a violinist performed a requiem for global forests.