- Letter by 200 scientists to US Congress opposing a proposal to promote logging and wood consumption, especially for biomass industry as a “natural climate change solution”, May 2020
- Five Reasons the Earth’s Climate Depends on Forests, Statement by 40 Scientists, May 2019
- The industrialisation of the Bioeconomy poses risks to the climate, the environment, and people, November 2018, Open Letter signed by 120 civil society groups from 44 countries
- Position Statement on Forest Biomass Energy: The Biomass Delusion, signed by 136 civil society organisations, October 2018
- Scientists letter to lead European Parliament negotiators regarding biomass rules in renewable energy directive, submitted June 2018
- Letter from 800 scientists to the EU Parliament regarding forest bioenergy, submitted January 2018
- 27 U.S. Scientists Call for Wildlife Protections in EU Biomass Policy, January 2018
- Open letter by around 100 scientists to Governor Cooper, North Carolina, November 2017
- Open Letter by 54 international scientists to the UK government, expressing concerns about the UK’s Bioenergy Policy, March 2017
- Why the IEA Bioenergy Group got it wrong concerning the Chatham House report, by three scientists (William Moomaw, Alessandro Agostini, Tim Searchinger), March 2017
- Letter by US NGOs urging the Danish Pension Fund PKA to divest from MGT Power’s Teesside Biomass Plant, November 2016
- Open Letter to the 100 scientists who signed the ‘biomass carbon benefits’ letter, by Mary Booth PhD, William Moomaw PhD, and George Woodwell PhD, August 2016
- Open Letter by seven US environmental NGOs to US Secretary of State, Thomas Vilsack, July 2016
- Open Letter to E.On and Uniper: Planned wood firing at the Provence Power Station poses threat to forests, 26 organisations, June 2016
- Open Letter to Senators Wyden and Merkley by Mark Harmon, Richardson Chair and Professor Forest Science, and Beverley E. Law, Professor, Forest Ecosystems & Society, Oregon State University, June 2016
- Complaint about Enviva submitted by Partnership for Policy Integrity and Dogwood Alliance to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), March 2016
- Letter by 6 US scientists to the Governor of California warning against increased logging for biomass energy in response to increased tree mortality, February 2016
- Letter by 78 Scientists to the US EPA protesting against biogenic carbon emissions from biomass being ignored, February 2015
- Letter by 61 US scientists to the UK government: “Problems with burning wood from Southern US forests to generate electricity in the UK”, April 2014
- Letter by environmental and community organisations in 23 US states to EPA: Federal permitting for bioenergy facilities, December 2013
- 41 US Scientists’ Letter to the EPA , November 2013
- Burning wood from Southern US forests to generate electricity in Europe, Letter to the EU signed by over 60 US scientists, August 2013
- International Open Letter: Converting coal plans to burn biomass only replaces one disaster with another, April 2013
- Letter by Timothy Searchinger to Bernard Bulkin, Office of Renewable Energy, UK Department for Energy and Climate Change: Re Observations and Information Related to DECC Supplementary Statement of November 22, 2012 Regarding UK Bioenergy Strategy, February 2013
- Letter of concern from forest groups regarding RWE’s biomass investments, false claims and greenwashing around wood-based bioenergy, Global Forest Coalition, December 2012
- Joint NGO Letter to the UK Committee on Climate Change Bioenergy Review, 11th November 2011
- Soil organic matter management across the EU: best practices, constraints and trade-offs, Final Report for:
European Commission, DG Environment, Lead: VITO (Belgium), in collaboration with BIOIS (France) and RIKS (Netherlands), October 2011: The report confirms that a high level of forest residues recovery and stump removal for bioenergy would lead to significant soil carbon losses across Europe. - American Lung Association Public Policy Position on Biomass, 11th June 2011
- Open Letter by Mark Harmon, Timothy Searchinger and William Moomaw to Members of the Washington State Legislature, February 2011
- Stop the Destruction of Forests and Lands for Wood-based Bioenergy, Declaration by over 90 organisations worldwide, May 2010
- Letter by 90 Scientists to US Senate and House of Representatives calling for full accounting of carbon emissions from bionergy, May 2010
- Letter of Concern Regarding Biomass Burning, North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, April 2010
- Physicians for Social Responsibility/Pioneer Valley Oppose Construction of Biomass Power Plants in the Pioneer Valley, February 2010
- Massachusetts Medical Society Adopts Policy Opposing Biomass Power Plants, December 2009
- Letter by US physicians and organisations: Health Effects of Biomass Burning Under S.1733 Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, October 2009
- Resolution by the Florida Medical Association: Resource Conservation, Waste Recycling, Health Risks Caused by Incinerators, 2009
- Letter by the Oregon Toxics Alliance to the Environmental Protection Agency, October 2009
- Letter by the American Lung Association in Massachusetts, June 2009
- Letter by US organisations to Chairmen Waxman and Markey, April 2009
Response to Drax’s written evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee
Joint response by Biofuelwatch and Stop Burning Trees Coalition, March 2026 Click here to download
