An independently produced radio series on liquid fuels and the proposed conversion of two San Francisco Bay Area refineries to biofuels, largely soy-based diesel and jet fuel, came to a conclusion last week with the broadcast on KMUD - Redwood Community Radio of an...
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NEWSLETTER MAY 2021
Dear Biofuelwatch supporter Welcome to our May 2021 newsletter full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Important reading for anyone who wants to see meaningful responses to climate change and who is concerned...
IEA report projected to increase ‘modern’ bioenergy generation globally
Read related DeSmog article here written by a Biofuelwatch Co-Director The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its report: ‘Net Zero by 2050: A roadmap for the global energy system’. According to the report’s ‘Net Zero Emissions’ scenario an almost three...
Resist the Siren Call of Aviation Biofuels
SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL IS NEITHER CLIMATE FRIENDLY NOR SUSTAINABLE By Gary Graham Hughes, California Policy Monitor, Biofuelwatch The climate damaging impacts of flying are becoming harder and harder to ignore and are increasingly of concern to a climate educated...
UNSUSTAINABLE AND INEFFECTIVE: WHY EU FOREST BIOMASS STANDARDS WON’T STOP DESTRUCTION
Biofuelwatch is proud to be a co-author of this new report: "Unsustainable and Ineffective: Why EU Forest Biomass Standards Won't Stop Destruction" . The publication reveals that the European Union (EU) Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria fails to...
Joint objection to RWE’s permit application for doubling wood pellet burning in Eemshaven, NL
Joint objection by Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch, Dogwood Alliance, Southern Environmental Law Center and Estonian Fund for Nature to RWE's permit application for doubling the amount of wood pellets they can burn in the Eemshaven Power Station, Province of...
Response to USDA on tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad
Our colleague in the US, Rachel Smolker, has written a response to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as they sought input from the public on 'Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad'. In the response it is made clear that we do not support the...
Open letter to BEIS by groups in pellet supplying countries
Conservation and environmental justice organisations in the USA, Estonia, Canada and Portugal have written an open letter to Mr Kwarteng, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth and Ms. Trevelyan, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean...
Dutch campaigners win court case against permit for RWE coal and biomass plant
21st April 2021 - Environmental campaigners in the Netherlands have won an important court ruling against the a new nature permit granted by the Province of Groningen for RWE’s Eemshaven Power Station. The campaigners demanded that the Groningen court revoke the...
California Refinery Pivot to Soy-based Diesel Threatens Forests and Communities in Paraguay
Listen to From Beyond The Redwood Curtain, Episode 5: Soy-Based Diesel Threatens Paraguay - unique public affairs radio programming from Biofuelwatch and KMUD. As California looks to soy-based 'renewable diesel' and 'sustainable aviation fuel' as a climate solution,...
Media release: Climate justice activists stage international “Forests Are Not Fuel” online protest during Drax’s AGM
21st April 2021, 11am For immediate release Forest and climate justice activists around the world are taking part in an online and physically distanced protest today to coincide with Drax Plc’s Annual General Meeting. Drax operates the world’s largest biomass power...
Switzerland: Intensive logging and forest degradation in supposedly protected nature sites
Switzerland has ratified the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats. As a contracting party and to help meet its commitments, it has designated Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs). Together , those areas form the...
Drax’s Portuguese pellets: What wood is really being used?
In 2020, Drax burned almost 150,000 tonnes of pellets produced in Portugal, making Portugal it’s fourth largest supplier. According to its annual report, 88% of the wood used consisted of “low-grade roundwood” and “thinnings”. The Pinewells pellet mill in Central...
Forests Are Not Fuel, #AxeDrax online action
Thank you to everyone who took part in the action on the 21st April to protect forests and the climate #ForestsAreNotFuel #AxeDrax. Read article here from our volunteer Katy Brown in Liverpool Click here to read open letter to BEIS by groups in pellet supplying...
NEW BOOK UNCOVERS CRITICAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY FLAWS AHEAD OF EARTH DAY
At a time when governments are rolling out climate change policies around the world, activists and experts from climate and environmental justice groups across North America and globally are explaining why real climate solutions must go beyond the greening of...
Papua solidarity campaign -Supporting activists as they fight to protect their land and their rights
Biofuelwatch is working with allies around the globe to provide support and solidarity with activists in Papua - and Indonesia at large - as they fight to protect their land and their rights. The island of New Guinea is divided into Papua New Guinea (PNG)...
Joint Statement on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage by UK NGOs
19 environmental NGOs warn the UK government about the risks associated with Bioenergy with CCS (BECCS) Click here for the full version with the list of signatories and references. March 2021 - The undersigned groups oppose using public funds to support industrial...
UK: Joint NGO Statement on BECCS
9 environmental organisations warn the UK government about the risks associated with Bioenergy with CCS (BECCS) Read full statement here