Biofuelwatch statement: What does Trump’s presidency mean for energy justice campaigning? Within its first week in office, the Trump administration has moved to resurrect and expedite the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, which have been...
Joint Press Release by Biofuelwatch and Pembrokeshire Friends of the Earth Campaigners obtain evidence that company directors behind Milford Haven plans for a waste and biomass gasifiers were behind a smaller, failed development using that same technology 27th January...
Here are the documents which Biofuelwatch Obtained from Natural Resources Wales in response to an information request under the Environmental Information Regulations: Hudol Thermal's original Environmental Permit, granted 23.10.2008 Variation of Hudol Thermal's...
Biofuelwatch's response to the consultation titled "Coal Generation in Great Britain : the pathway to a low-carbon future" (which can be found on the Government website here.) We argue that, whilst we welcome a coal phase-out, these proposals contain loopholes to...
Open Letter by the Wood Panel Industries Federation, NRDC, Dogwood Alliance, Biofuelwatch, Friends of the Earth, Southern Environmental Law Center, Norbord, and Fern to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, calling for coal-to-biomass...
Civil Society Declaration denouncing the World Bank's Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) programme, which attacks farmers' rights to seeds and food sovereignty as well as the environment
On 14 December 2016, Biofuelwatch organised a Briefing in Committee Room 10 in the House of Commons. It was co-hosted by Glyn Davies MP (Conservative, Environmental Audit Committee), Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP) and Caroline Lucas (Co-leader of the Green Party). It...
Environmental Campaigners Vow to Fight Egnedol’s Milford Haven waste and biomass plans, Joint Press release by Pembrokeshire Friends of the Earth and Biofuelwatch
Bioenergy in the European Commission's proposed post-202 EU Renewable Energy Directive: An analysis of proposals and impacts A briefing by Biofuelwatch Summary The European Commission’s proposals for a new, post-2020 Renewable Energy Directive (RED) fail to address...
Biofuelwatch response to the call for evidence about future Contracts for Difference for biomass and other 'fuelled technologies'
biomass-chp-loophole-policy-briefing Stop subsidy for large-scale inefficient biomass CHP projects like MGT's 299MW Teesside plans. Currently subsidy for the the so called ‘good quality CHP’ scheme rewards only the electricity generated so there is no incentive for...
An investigation by Biofuelwatch into Ecotricity's proposal to replace 97% of natural gas used to heat homes with biomethane made from grass Update: Ecotricity has now sent us a response to our briefing, which we have published in full, with our own comments (in...
Press release by Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch, Woodland League, Econexus, Biofuelwatch, Transnational Institute, Friends of the Earth Denmark (NOAH), Corporate Europe Observatory, and Amis de l'Afrique Francophone- Bénin Brussels, 30 November 2016 The revised...
Loopholes in UK 'coal phase-out' proposals boost coal burning until 2025 and might perpetuate it indefinitely On 9th November 2016, the UK Government released its consultation about a possible phase-out of coal in 2025, called “Coal Generation in Great Britain: The...
Why Scottish Ministers must reject “multi-purpose development” proposal by Pentland Studios Ltd
17th November 2016 - A large new biomass power station planned at Teesport has come under fire from US environmental campaigners, who have teamed up with Danish campaigners to persuade a key investor to pull their money out because of the serious effects which the...
See here for a list of signatories The Paris Agreement required the 196 Parties to the UN Climate Convention to limit temperature increases to 2° or 1.5°C below preindustrial levels. While COP21 benefitted from a high degree of mobilization linked to the adoption of...
Subsidies for biomass electricity must be stopped and diverted to low-carbon renewables and energy saving measures Executive Summary: In 2015, energy companies received £817 million in UK subsidies for burning solid biomass for electricity, the vast majority of it...