Biofuelwatch & Friends of the Earth Scotland media release – for immediate use 27th January 2014 Media contacts: Biofuelwatch - Oliver Munnion 07917693337 Friends of the Earth Scotland - Lisa Trainer on 0131 243 2715 “Scottish Government’s Rosyth Biomass approval...
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South West Extreme Energy Gathering Media Release
Biomass, Fracking and Anti-nuclear campaigner are getting together to share ideas, resources and campaign energy in Bristol on Saturday 1 February. It will focus on action planning. See media release here See flier here
Biochar’s Unproven Claims – Factsheet
Biochar's Unproven Claims A 3-page factsheet summing up the main findings of the 2011 Biofuelwatch report "Biochar: A Critical Report of Science and Policy" as well as recent scientific and policy developments, substantially updated 1st July 2013
Videos from the handover of NGO Open Letter to HM Treasury
Videos from the handover of the Open Letter "Prequalified biomass and waste incineration projects must be rejected from the UK" by Friends of the Earth, Biofuelwatch, UK Without Incineration Network and Campaign Against Climate change to HM Treasury: + Speech by...
Where’s The Lorax When We Need Him?
Where’s The Lorax When We Need Him?, Rachel Smolker, Huffington Post
Coal and biomass campaigners hit out at DECC “greenwash” over Drax conversion
Joint press release by: Biofuelwatch, London Mining Network, Friends of the Earth, Colombia Solidarity Campaign & Coal Action Network. For immediate use Monday 16th December 2013. Coal and biomass campaigners hit out at DECC “greenwash” over Drax conversion...
Joint letter to the Treasury opposing UK Guarantee Scheme’s support of biomass and incineration
On Wednesday 18 December at 2pm Biofuelwatch, Friends of the Earth, UK Without Incineration Network (UKWIN) and Campaign Against Climate Change delivered a joint letter calling on the Treasury to drop biomass electricity and waste incineration projects from their...
Letter to EPA by US environmental and community groups about federal permitting for biomass plants
Letter by US environmental and community groups in 23 US states to the EPA: Federal Permitting of Bioenergy Facilities
Proposed public loan guarantees for a biomass power station in Avonmouth
Proposed public loan guarantees for a biomass power station in Avonmouth - Biofuelwatch briefing
New support for biomass electricity will mean more forest destruction and land-grabbing, say campaigners
[Update: On 19th December, DECC omitted Eggborough from the list of projects that would receive early guarantees of new subsidies, i.e. Contracts for Difference. They state that they will make a decision about Eggborough in 2014. MGT Power and Drax remain on the...
Geoengeering The Sky Is Not “Normal”
Geoengeering The Sky Is Not “Normal”, Rachel Smolker, Huffington Post
Over 100 organisations call for an end to biodiversity offsetting plans
Over 100 organisations call for an end to biodiversity offsetting plans
Biomass power station plans on Tyneside and Teesside causing land-grabbing in Brazil
BIOFUELWATCH MEDIA RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE USE THURSDAY 14TH NOVEMBER Media Contact: Oliver Munnion 07917693337 Link to report: https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2013/chain-of-destruction/ Photographs available on webpage above & on request Pdf version available...
Corporate lobby group Back Biomass publishes misleading claims about impacts of big biomass
Corporate lobby group Back Biomass publishes misleading claims about impacts of big biomass
Typhoons, Climate Negotiations and a Reality Check
Typhoons, Climate Negotiations and a Reality Check, Rachel Smolker, Huffington Post
Maranhão Brazil: Traditional communities’ livelihoods and Cerrado biodiversity under threat in from Europe’s bioenergy boom
Maranhão Brazil: Traditional communities' livelihoods and Cerrado biodiversity under threat in from Europe's bioenergy boom, Joint Press Release by World Rainforest Movement and Biofuelwatch
Methodology used in Biomass Power Station Location & Deprivation
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation To generate the data used in the deprivation study included in "Biomass: The Chain of Destruction", a measurement called the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) was used. The IMD is a qualitative study of deprived areas in the UK,...
Calabar Declaration on oil palm monocultures
Calabar Declaration