International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council must ditch biofuel plans and abandon the myth of ‘carbon neutral’ growth Please click here for a pdf with the full list of 96 signatories En Español From 11th to 29th June 2018, the International Civil Aviation...
Planes de la ONU de usar combustibles para la aviación y compensaciones de carbono condenados por 89 organizaciones de todo el mundo - Para su publicación inmediata – 90 organizaciones de 35 países hacen un llamamiento a la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional...
El consejo de la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI) debe abandonar sus planes de usar biocombustibles y el mito del crecimiento ‘neutral’ de carbono Click aquí para bajar un pdf con la lista completa de lost 90 organizaciones firmantes antes Entre el...
London 7 June 2018 From Biofuelwatch[1] For immediate release. New rule changes, published yesterday, to conditions for Contracts for Difference for combined heat and power plants that burn wood [2] stipulate that they should be at least 70% efficient (instead of the...
Drax’s biomass carbon capture announcement exposes fallacy of supposed climate fix, campaigners say 21st May 2018 - The environmental campaign group Biofuelwatch [1] slams Drax Power Station’s announcement of a pilot carbon capture project at one of its biomass...
Coal Action Network and Fern have released a report "Slow Death in Siberia" about the impact of coal in that region. 49% of the UK's coal imports come from Russia, and most Russian coal exported comes from the Kuzbass region in Siberia. The report depicts entire...
Media release: Drax Plc hit by double protest during its AGM For immediate release 25th April 2018 This morning forest, climate and environmental justice activists have gathered outside Drax Plc's Annual General Meeting in York. The lively demonstration aimed to...
This Investor Briefing was handed to Drax investors entering the Drax AGM in York on 25 April 2018, as well as interested passers-by. It was subsequently sent to Drax's principle institutional investors. We invite investors to talk to us about their Drax investments....
London, 18th April 2018 – A flashmob made up environmental, energy and climate justice campaigners has greeted the world’s largest biomass conference which is held at the Landmark Hotel in Marleybone, London from 17th to 19th April [1], in protest against an industry...
Thanks for visiting this page. The purpose of the Time to Twig demo is explained here. For essential background read our Biomass Basics page. See too our page on Pellets Plantations and Deforestation. And a recent article in Red Pepper magazine: Don't believe the hype...
What are the problems with big biomass? In a nutshell - there are three problems: 1) It takes huge areas of land and huge quantities of wood to supply a tiny fraction of the energy we use. 2) Burning biomass emits CO2 to the atmosphere, just as burning fossil fuels...
“Burned: are trees the new coal" “What we're up against is that our economic system values forest destruction over forest protection, and at the end of the day that's what we have to change.” - Danna Smith, Dogwood Alliance An award-winning documentary by independent...
Note: This briefing has not been updated since October 2018. As of January 2020, the power station has not been converted, and the developers are instead commissioning a feasibility study into the possibility of burning pellets from Refuse Derived Fuel. Uskmouth coal...
For immediate release 5th April 2018 For further info: Elizabeth Snook, Biofuelwatch 07595 506673 lizthesnook@googlemail.com New Report Reveals Dangers and Inconsistencies in Uskmouth Power Station Plans A new report launched today by Biofuelwatch brings into...
Forests in Crisis - but Biotechnology is not the Solution On 27th March 2018, members of Biofuelwatch and Global Justice Ecology presented evidence to the National Academies of Sciences via a webinar about the impacts and dangers of genetically engineered...
What are the problems with big biomass? In a nutshell - there are three problems: 1) It takes huge areas of land and huge quantities of wood to supply a tiny fraction of the energy we use. 2) Burning biomass emits CO2 to the atmosphere, just as burning fossil fuels...
How much more land do we need for energy from biomass compared to solar PV? Right now, all wood burned in UK power stations other than Drax Plc comes from the UK, mostly from conifer plantations. On average, one hectare of a UK conifer plantation will convert sunlight...
Biofuelwatch briefing about the UK Government's coal phaseout decision announced in January 2018. "The Government announced in 2015 that it seeks to end coal burning for electricity within a decade, albeit only if “ a shift to new gas can be achieved within these...