Where’s The Lorax When We Need Him?, Rachel Smolker, Huffington Post
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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
Genetically Engineered Trees: The New Frontier of Biotechnology
Genetically Engineered Trees: The New Frontier of Biotechnology, Report by Center for Food Safety
New report highlights land-grabbing and forest destruction caused by UK biomass demand
BIOFUELWATCH MEDIA RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE USE 30TH OCTOBER 2013 Media Contact: Oliver Munnion 07917693337 Link to report & Executive Summary: https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2013/chain-of-destruction/ Photographs available upon request New report highlights...
Biomass: The Chain of Destruction
Biofuelwatch has released a new report, Biomass: The Chain of Destruction. It explores the global impacts of the UK's biomass boom, looking at what the current demand for biomass for electricity, supportive Government policy and resulting speculative investments mean,...
A Burning Issue: Biomass and its impacts on forests and communities – videos & presentations
Many thanks to all who came to our public meeting A Burning Issue: Biomass and its impacts on forests and communities. If you missed it, below you'll find links to the presentations delivered by speakers and videos of the event. If you'd like to download the report,...