Position Paper of La Vía Campesina: Environmental and Climate Justice Now!
Almuth
Biofuelwatch Training Event
On the 15th of November 2014 Biofuelwatch held a training session for volunteers in London. Almuth Ernsting, founding co-director of Biofuelwatch started with an overview of bio-energy. She showed why it is not possible to have sustainable large-scale bio-energy....
Further representation about REACT’s application for a biomass gasifier in Plymouth
Further representation about REACT's application for a biomass gasifier in Plymouth
Forests not Fuel
Forests not Fuel, Global Forest Coalition's statement from the 1st International Meeting on Wood-based Bioenergy - Asuncion, Paraguay, 20th to 21st November 2014
Papua-Wide meeting calls for 10 year Moratorium on Plantation and Forestry Industries
Papua-Wide meeting calls for 10 year Moratorium on Plantation and Forestry Industries, See here for the list of organisations which signed the declaration
Avonmouth biomass gasifier plans rejected by Bristol City Council
Update: The application has since been approved by the Planning Inspectorate, following an appeal by the developer. However, the plant was never built and the planning consent has expired. Last night campaigners won a significant victory in their battle to stop a...
Residents and environmental campaigners to protest against ‘dirty and unsustainable’ biomass gasifier plans for Avonmouth
Residents and environmental campaigners to protest against ‘dirty and unsustainable’ biomass gasifier plans for Avonmouth For immediate release 3rd November 2014 Bristol City Councillors are to be met by air pollution and environmental protesters before Wednesday’s...
Avonmouth biomass gasifier application: Joint Letter to Councillors
Joint letter to Councillors regarding Nexterra/Balfour Beatty planning application for an 11 MW biomass gasifier in Avonmouth, by Avon Coalition Against Big Biofuels, Avonmouth Dust Forum and Biofuelwatch
Avonmouth biomass gasifier application: Joint Letter to Councillors
Joint letter to Bristol City Councillors regarding Nexterra's and Balfour Beatty's planning application for an 11 MWe biomass gasifier in Avonmouth, by Avon Coalition Against Big Biofuels, Avonmouth Dust Forum and Biofuelwatch
Green Bank targeted at anniversary event over finance for dirty energy projects
Biofuelwatch press release – for immediate use Green Bank targeted at anniversary event over finance for dirty energy projects Photos available here: http://www.demotix.com/news/6132918/london-owls-biomass-protest-green-investment-banks-birthday#media-6132860...
Objection to Nexterra’s and Balfour Beatty’s application to build a waste wood gasifier in Avonmouth
Biofuelwatch objection to Nexterra's and Balfour Beatty's planning application for a biomass gasifier in Avonmouth (Bristol City Council)
Biofuelwatch briefing about the biomass plant proposed for Perth by Almondbank Park Power
Update:The company, Almond Bank Power Ltd, folded later in 2014 and the proposed plant has not been built. Almondbank Power’s proposed biomass power plant in Perth: A high-risk experimental technology for burning trees
Groups across the US denounce “National Bioenergy Day” as a dirty sham
For Immediate Release October 22, 2014 Groups across the US denounce "National Bioenergy Day" as a dirty sham From: Biofuelwatch, Dogwood Alliance, Energy Justice Network, Partnership for Policy Integrity, Save America’s Forests, and Global Justice Ecology Project...
Open Letter to European Commission opposing biodiversity offsets
Open Letter to the European Commission signed by over 600 organisations and over 10,000 individuals opposing biodiversity offsetting
GE Trees: Columbus Day and the Colonization of Land, Trees and Genes
Huffington Post article by Rachel Smolker I spent the past several days participating in the Indigenous Environmental Network Campaign to Stop GE Trees Action Camp in the Qualla Boundary, homelands of the Eastern Band Cherokee in North Carolina. Participants included...
Green Investment Bank 2nd Birthday protest
A lively protest - complete with cake and burning trees for candles - took place to coincide with the Green Investment Bank's 2nd birthday event, where the bank's vision for 2020 was set out. We were calling on the bank to ditch its dirty and polluting investments in...
On Columbus Day, Native Peoples condemn GE trees as another form of colonization
Indigenous Environmental Network Campaign to STOP GE Trees Press Release: 13 October 2014 Indigenous Peoples Unite to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees GE Trees: Another Form of Colonization Qualla Boundary, North Carolina - In the shadow of Columbus Day and the...
Objection to REACT’s application for a biomass gasifier in Ernesettle, Plymouth
Biofuelwatch objection to an application by Plymouth Biomass Ltd/REACT to build a biomass gasifier in Ernesettle, Plymouth