Report finds EU Biomass policies are fuelling land-grabbing in the global South 9th June 2014 - A new report published today [1] by campaign group Biofuelwatch [2] shows that the growing demand for wood created by UK and EU biomass policies is fuelling land-grabs in...
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Recording community opposition to big biomass projects
A new website has been created to allow concerned residents to record experiences of living next door to the UK's biggest biomass power station. In Markinch and Glenrothes in Scotland, the biggest biomass power station in the UK has recently reached completion. It is...
Groups: Sign on to stop GE Trees in Brazil
Campaign to STOP GE Trees – Sign On to Support the call by Brazilian and Latin American groups to reject G.E. eucalyptus trees: Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano wants to commercially plant Genetically Modified eucalyptus in Brazil. Suzano is responsible...
Appeal submission re ECO2’s application for a biomass power station near Mendlesham
Biofuelwatch submission regarding ECO2's application for a 40 MW biomass power station near Mendlesham, Mid Suffolk
Stop Enabling Land Grabs: Agriculture Doesn’t Need World Bank’s Business Indicators.
Joint Statement: Stop Enabling Land Grabs: Agriculture Doesn’t Need World Bank’s Business Indicators, See here for list of supporting organisations
Video by Reel News: Biomass Emergency
Biomass Emergency - Video by Reel News, UK It's as dangerous as fracking - it'll mean deaths in the almost exclusively working class areas where it's happening - it produces up to 50% more carbon emissions than coal - it's destroying vital hardwood forests - it's...
Resources – Biomass
A slist of peer-reviewed studies, NGO reports, briefings and letters on biomass See also: Map of UK biomass power stations Frequently Asked Questions Biomass Sustainability Standards – a Credible Tool for Avoiding Negative Impacts from Large-scale Bioenergy?, joint...
Briefing about RWE’s biomass power station in Markinch
RWE’s biomass power station in Markinch: What might the environmental and public health impacts be?, Biofuelwatch briefing, updated October 2014
DECC’s latest renewable electricity subsidy guarantees threaten forests, communities and climate
+ Drax have been guaranteed subsidies for converting a second of their six coal power station units to biomass. Each converted unit will require pellets made from 5.5 million tonnes of wood [1] - that is wood from slow-growing whole trees, the only type of biomass...
Intergovernmental Climate Report Leaves Hopes Hanging on Fantasy Technology
Intergovernmental Climate Report Leaves Hopes Hanging on Fantasy Technology, Truth Out, article by Rachel Smolker
Anti-biomass and coal Campaigners disrupt Drax AGM and call for UK’s most polluting power station to close
For immediate use Wednesday 23rd April 2014 Photographs available here: https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2014/drax-protest-photos/ Media Contacts: Oliver Munnion on 07917693337 or oli.munnion@biofuelwatch.org.uk Duncan Law 07958635181 or dl@duncanlaw.co.uk Almuth...
Drax Protest Photos
Letter from Biofuelwatch and Dogwood Alliance to ReThinkPylons
Letter from Biofuelwatch and Dogwood Alliance to ReThinkPylons
April Protests Against Big Biomass in the UK
Drax AGM Protest: No to Coal and Biomass, 23rd April Campaigners disrupted the Drax AGM by unfurling a banner reading "No to biomass and coal – shut down Drax" and and accusing company directors of misleading the public over claims that their biomass conversion is...
Drax AGM 2014 – No to coal and biomass!
23rd April // 12:00 // The Grocers’ Hall, Princes Street, London EC2R 8AD Drax power station in Yorkshire is converting 3 of its 6 units to run on biomass. Since its last AGM it has converted and opened one unit and burned up to 5.5 million tonnes of green wood...
IPCC support for “false solutions” denounced by climate justice activists
IPCC support for “false solutions” denounced by climate justice activists, Joint Press release by Biofuelwatch, Ecologistas en Accion, Econexus, ETC Group, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project,...
DECC announced as winner of Biomess Award as major biomass industry conference is targeted by environmentalists
For immediate use Thursday 10th April 2014 Media Contacts: Oliver Munnion on 07917693337 or oli.munnion@biofuelwatch.org.uk Photographs available here: https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/biomess-awards/biomess-awardsphotos/ DECC announced as winner of Biomess Award as...
Biomass Conversion is the Wrong Direction for Ireland
Considering a Moneypoint Biomass Conversion is the Wrong Direction for Ireland, US and UK environmental groups warn -Switch to Biomass Would Endanger Southern U.S. Forests, Increase Carbon Emissions and Harm Communities in Ireland and Abroad, joint Press Release by...