- 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
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