Open Letter to the European Commission signed by over 600 organisations and over 10,000 individuals opposing biodiversity offsetting
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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
NGOs: Greater GIB powers should come with greener responsibility
NGOs: GREATER GIB POWERS SHOULD COME WITH GREENER RESPONSIBILITY Ed Miliband has called for the Green Investment Bank (GIB) to have “real powers to borrow and attract investment". The United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN) and Biofuelwatch [1] have...
‘Climate Smart Agriculture’? We say no
Serious concerns have been raised by over 100 civil-society organisations about the so-called "Global Alliance for Climate- Smart Agriculture" launched at the UN's Climate Summit. Signatories to an open letter rejected the Alliance as a "deceptive and deeply...
Power Plant Emissions During Startup and Shutdown
Biofuelwatch briefing summarising the evidence about increased power plant emissions during startup and shutdown periods
21 September 2014: 10th Anniversary of the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations
21 September 2014: 10th Anniversary of the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations: Dismantle the power of transnational plantation corporations! There is no “smart monoculture”: Support the People’s Climate March! Declaration by Campaign to...
Social Movements representing more than 200 million people around the world denounce corporate take-over of Ban Ki-Moon Climate Summit
Social Movements representing more than 200 million people around the world denounce corporate take-over of Ban Ki-Moon Climate Summit [September 19 – 23, New York] When we, as human beings, get a fever, we immediately get worried and take action. After all, we know...
Hundreds of groups call on Brazilian government to reject GE trees application by UK-registered company
Biofuelwatch & Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees press release – for immediate use Thursday 4th September 2014 Hundreds of groups call on Brazilian government to reject GE trees application by UK-registered company Social and ecological justice...
Groups unite to call on Brazil to deny application to legalize genetically engineered eucalyptus trees
Groups unite to call on Brazil to deny application to legalize genetically engineered eucalyptus trees, joint press release by STOP GE Trees, which includes Biofuelwatch, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, EcoNexus, Friends of the Earth Melbourne, Global...
Burning Wood in Power Stations – Public Health Impacts
Burning Wood in Power Stations: Public Health Impacts , Biofuelwatch briefing
Groups globally mobilize to stop commercial release of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in Brazil and US
Groups globally mobilize to stop commercial release of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in Brazil and US, Press release by the Stop GE Trees Campaign, supported by Biofuelwatch (US-UK), Canadian Biotechnology Action Network,, EcoNexus, Indigenous Environmental...
Talk for Transition & Friends of the Earth Hull, 10th November 2014
We'll be speaking at a Transition & Friends of the Earth Hull meeting in November, and the topic of False Green Solutions and the impacts of industrial bioenergy. Monday 10th November, 7pm, Boulevard Village Hall, Hull HU3 3EJ.
Playing with Fire: Wood pellets, fires and explosions
Fires and explosions at biomass power infrastructure are common occurrences. The two documents linked below were put together by PT-RAPS, Port Talbot Residents Against Power Stations, and list 76 reported pellet fires and wood dust explosions over a four year period,...
Earth First! Summer Gathering – August 28-31 2014
We'll be facilitating a workshop on industrial bioenergy and its impacts, with Avonmouth Coalition Against Big Biofuels. EF! Summer Gathering - 28-31 August, South West
Is toxic algae good for you?
Is toxic algae good for you?, Article by Rachel Smolker about synthetic biology and algal biofuels, published by Huffington Post