BIOMASS SUBSIDIES ARE A HUGE WASTE OF MONEY In 2019, nearly £1.5 billion from all our electricity bills subsidised burning biomass £1,456,300,000 according to Kwasi Kwarteng's answer to a Parliamentary Question from Rosie Cooper MP in July 2020...
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International Forest Campaigners Urge Dutch Government to Act following SER’s Advice to Phase Out Biomass Power and Heat
9th July 2020 – US American and Estonian forest campaigners welcome the conclusion of the Social and Economic Council (SER) in the Netherlands that the burning wood for heat or electricity should be phased out [1] and call on the Dutch government to act immediately to...
Response to BEIS consultation “Future support for low carbon heat”
7th July 2020 - I am responding to this consultation on behalf of Biofuelwatch. Biofuelwatch has been researching the impacts of large-scale bioenergy since 2006, and advocating for reforms to our energy system would see support shift from high carbon, dirty...
Climate victory for students as university drops Drax. Who’s next?
23rd June 2020 - Student climate campaigners from the University of Sheffield have enjoyed a huge victory as the university has decided to stop using dirty electricity supplied by Drax Group,[1] which generates electricity mostly by burning biomass from trees. The...
Environmental groups denounce deeply flawed EU consultation on the Climate Target Roadmap 2030
Amsterdam, 23rd June 2020 - Global Forest Coalition is a coalition of 100 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Organisations who work to protect and defend forests, social justice and the rights of forest peoples. We write to express our deep concerns about the impacts...
RESOURCES ON BIOMASS
Biomass campaign materials and briefings A list of peer-reviewed studies, NGO reports, briefings and letters on biomass Why biomass electricity should not receive renewable energy subsidies Frequently Asked Questions about Biomass - and their answers Biomass Basics...
CUT CARBON NOT FORESTS: HARD-HITTING CAMPAIGN URGES UK POLICYMAKERS TO BUILD A TRUE CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY AND END DIRTY BIOMASS SUBSIDIES
Environmental advocacy groups join forces in fresh appeal for MPs to redirect biomass subsidies towards truly clean and renewable energy sources like solar and wind [add-this] LONDON (22 June, 2020) – A coalition of environmental advocacy groups have launched Cut...
Newsletter June 2020
We have a packed newsletter for you this month with lots to cover, update you on and campaigns for you to lend your voice to. In this update you will find: Click here to sign up to our mailing list Click here to share our newsletter on twitter Coronavirus...
Press release: Campaigners warn consultation loophole could lead to more subsidies for forest destruction
London, 29th May 2020 - Today, hundreds of environmental campaigners are calling on the UK Government to take urgent climate action by ensuring that future renewable subsidies are not used to fund burning trees in UK power stations. Over 800 individuals [1] as well as...
Campaign success! but our drive to stop existing biomass subsides continues….
In 2018, the government finally introduced stricter greenhouse gas limits and minimum efficiency standards for biomass plants, which has prevented even more subsidies being awarded to burning wood in power plants. This followed many years of campaigning by...
Biomass report by Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency slammed as a “greenwash” by international environment campaigners
Amsterdam, 8th May, 2020 - Today’s publication of a long-awaited biomass report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has been greeted with alarm by international environmental organizations [1] who denounce it for failing for biomass subsidies in the...
Important consultation: Help stop new subsidies for high-carbon biomass power in UK
Update: The Government consultation period ended on 29th May. Thank you to everyone who took part. Please click the link below to email your MP about stopping new renewable subsides for tree burning power stations. Click here to contact your MP...
Biofuelwatch security protocols on Zoom
1. Zoom links for online events will only be shared with people who have registered for the event, and not put on public platforms such as our website, Eventbrite and Facebook. 2. The “waiting room” function in Zoom will be enabled, so the host has to allow...
Press release: Mass online “Love Trees Axe Drax” protest on Earth Day denounces Drax Plc
Climate campaigners join in Earth Day digital action to denounce the world’s biggest wood burner, Drax Power Station 22nd April 2020 - As Drax Plc holds its Annual General Meeting on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, nature and climate campaigners from across the UK...
A Message from Biofuelwatch
For those of you on the Burned screening tonight, we are so sorry for the extremely traumatic footage shared anonymously after the film. We have informed the police and will do everything we can to help them find and prosecute the people responsible. We lodged a...
Submission to initial consultation on EU 2030 Climate Target Plan
Click here to read the joint submission by Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch to the initial consultation.
Love trees, #AxeDrax! online day of action, 22 April
Thank you to everbody who took part in this online protest and for all your wonderful photos! Please scroll down below to see the many contributions - including three videos. And look at #AxeDraxNotTrees on Twitter for the many different tweets sent on the day!...
Biofuelwatch Newsletter March 2020
Dear Biofuelwatch Supporters Welcome to our first newsletter of 2020 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...