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The Big Bad Fix: The Case Against Climate Geoengineering
---> Click here to view the report <--- “The Big Bad Fix – The Case Against Climate Geoengineering,” a report released today by ETC Group, Biofuelwatch and Heinrich Böll Foundation, warns that geoengineering (the large-scale manipulation of the climate) is...
The Big Bad Fix: The Case Against Climate Geoengineering
Joint report by Heinrich Böll Foundation, ETC Group and Biofuelwatch, 6th December 2017 Click here to download: https://www.boell.de/en/2017/12/01/big-bad-fix-case-against-geoengineering The “Big Bad Fix” provides policy makers, journalists, NGO...
Plume Plotter: Who is Drax polluting right now?
Plume Plotter is showing minute-to-minute details of air pollution caused by Drax, taking account of local weather conditions. See here for full details. And see here for a 2016 animation of Drax's plume. The Plume Plotter is built using one of the...
Response to the governments consultation on ‘Controlling the costs of biomass conversion and co-firing under the Renewables Obligation’
The government published a consultation on preventing 8 coal power stations already registered under the now closed Renewable Obligation subsidy scheme from claiming unforeseen amounts of subsidy (up to £250m) by burning increased amounts of biomass. The consultation...
New report: Grangemouth biomass plant may not be financially viable
PRESS RELEASE 25th October 2017 Grangemouth biomass plant may not be financially viable The new Grangemouth Renewable Energy plant, a biomass CHP (combined heat-and-power) plant, may not be able to be built due to a shortfall in funding, according to a new report....
Grangemouth Renewable Energy Plant: Briefing
Grangemouth Renewable energy biomass power station: An unsustainable, high-risk potential investment In June 2013, the Scottish Government approved a highly controversial planning application by Forth Energy for a 120 MWe biomass “combined heat and power plant” at...
UPDATE: Dangerous aviation biofuels plans rejected!
18th October 2017 The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Member States rejected plans for 50% of aviation fuel to be supplied by biofuels by 2050. This is due in no small part to the letter opposing these plans co-ordinated by Biofuelwatch and signed by...
International Day of Action on Bioenergy
18th October is an International Day of Action against Bioenergy, called by the Dogwood Alliance, Markets for Change, Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch and other allies around the world. Whether it’s US Southeastern forests clearcut to make wood pellet biomass for...
Summary of recent Biomass research
Produced by Biofuelwatch in collaboration with UK and US NGOs. Annotated Bibliography on Biomass Impacts_Oct 4 2017
UK Clean Growth Strategy based on dangerous illusions and false solutions – bioenergy
London 12 October 2017 From Biofuelwatch[1] For immediate release. The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy relies on growth of technologies that are not clean and one that is not feasible. The Clean Growth Strategy[2] speaks throughout of ‘sustainable biomass’, ‘clean’...
ICAOs Pläne für Biokraftstoffe in der Luftfahrt: eine gefährliche Ablenkung
Klicken Sie hier fuer eine PDF von dem offenen Brief mit allen Unterschriften ICAOs Pläne für Biokraftstoffe in der Luftfahrt: eine gefährliche Ablenkung In English - En Español Vom 11. bis 13. Oktober veranstaltet die Internationale...
Los planes de la OACI de usar biocombustibles en la aviación: una peligrosa distracción
Para bajar un pdf con la lista completa de organizaciones que han firmado la carta, por favor, haga click aquí In English - Auf Deutsch Los planes de la OACI de usar biocombustibles en la aviación: una peligrosa distracción Entre el 11 y el 13 de octubre,...
Almost 100 Organisations Worldwide Condemn UN Aviation Agency’s Biofuel Plans
Almost 100 Organisations Worldwide Condemn UN Aviation Agency’s Biofuel Plans London, Embargoed for 10th October, 00:01 AM BST (midnight from Monday to Tuesday) An in-depth report released by Biofuelwatch last week [4] shows that feedstocks (raw materials used to...
ICAO’s aviation biofuels plans: A dangerous distraction
6th October 2017 : Letter to the ICAO signed by 96 civil society organisations worldwide Please click here for a pdf with the full list of signatories En Español - Auf Deutsch From 11th to 13th October, the International Civil Aviation...
Aviation biofuels: How ICAO and industry plans could lead to planes flying on palm oil
New Biofuelwatch report on aviation biofuels released 6th October 2017 How biofuels fit in with the aviation industry’s and ICAO’s growth strategy Aviation biofuels: the state of play Unlikely contenders: Aviation biofuels made from anything other than vegetable oils...
6th October: Aviation biofuels and what ICAO’s proposals will really mean
Report on aviation biofuels raises alarm about links to land grabs, rainforest destruction As the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) prepares to hold a high level conference on alternative aviation fuels from 11-13 October, Biofuelwatch campaigners are...
Forests not Fuel! Bioenergy conference greeted by forest and climate protesters
PRESS RELEASE 4th October 2017Protesters have gathered outside an international bioenergy conference at the Sheraton Hotel to object to forest destruction in the USA for wood to burn in UK power stations. The protesters are targeting Enviva, the world’s largest wood...