Demand an end to subsidies for tree burning! Did you know that the UK Government is wasting millions of pounds a year subsidising tree burning for electricity at power stations like Drax, the UK’s single largest carbon emitter and the world’s biggest tree burner, with...
Biofuelwatch has written a new briefing: Why BlackRock should Divest from Biomass, starting with Drax PLC. BlackRock is the world's biggest asset manager, with over US$6.5 trillion in capital under its management. It holds 5% of Drax's stock, making it one of...
[add-this] Please click here to read full report Can sustainability and greenhouse gas standards protect the climate, forests and communities from the harmful impacts of wood-based bioenergy? Logging site from which Enviva pellet mill was supplied, North Carolina,...
Open Letter to Swedish policymakers and the Swedish Forestry Agency signed by 70 organisations from 25 countries as well as 30 scientists. Click here for a fully referenced version of the letter with a list of the signatories. There is a climate and biodiversity...
By Gary Graham Hughes, Biofuelwatch [add-this] A mysterious bill regarding the development of a protocol for measuring “radiative forcing” as a climate action indicator stalled out in the California Senate last year. While legislative staff for the author of the bill...
In 2011 Biofuelwatch published Biochar: A Critical Review of Science and Policy. In that report we highlighted the uncertainties about biochar including the large land area that would be required to supply biomass for a global scale impact, the contradictory results...
If you live in Scotland, please call on your MSPs to ensure that the new Scottish National Investment Bank only invests in projects which promote biodiversity, environmental wellbeing and the climate. On Tuesday 21st January, MSPs from the Scottish Parliament will...
Dear Biofuelwatch supporter Welcome to our final update of the year. Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the year. With your continued support, we will keep working to ensure we see meaningful responses to climate change and protection of forests and...
Monoculture Tree Plantations, Bioenergy and Pollution Trading in Chile: United Nations COP25 Perpetuates Impunity By Gary Graham Hughes, California Policy Monitor, Biofuelwatch [add-this] The austral spring of 2019 will mark a historical watershed in the history of...
Improved biomass cookstoves: should they receive climate finance? Report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch that contributes to Global Forest Coalition research into German climate finance. Summary: Clean and efficient biomass cookstoves have been attracting...
From Global Justice Ecology Project and Biofuelwatch For Immediate Release: 2 December 2019 Español abajo Contact: Steve Taylor in the U.S. +1.314.210.1322 In Chile: Anne Petermann (English) +1.716.364.1188 Gary Graham Hughes (Spanish and English) +1.707.223...
Open Letter by 36 environmental organisations in Estonia and the USA to Ddutch policy makers opposing subsidies for biomass co-firing with coal and in dedicated biomass plants
Una solución falsa a la amenaza real de las emisiones de la aviación [maxbutton id="9" url="https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/corsia-briefing-ES.pdf" ] La Organización para la Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI) de la ONU propone alcanzar un...
Dear Biofuelwatch supporters, Welcome to our latest 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...
Along with Dogwood Alliance and in support of Friends of the Irish Environment, we submitted an objection to the Irish Lough Ree peat-fired power station proposal to extend its operations and convert to biomass in August 2019. Both peat and biomass are destructive,...
Prioritizing Equity Means Addressing Injustice of Monoculture Tree Plantations Recent events in Chile have forced a withdrawal of the upcoming United Nations climate meetings in Santiago de Chile. In a fully unexpected convulsion of street action and spontaneous mass...
London, 31st October 2019 - In solidarity with Indonesian colleagues[1], Biofuelwatch has joined civil society groups around the world to call on the Indonesian government to launch a thorough and transparent investigation...
Response to Environmental Audit Committee’s Enquiry into Sustainable Tourism