Modernising African Agriculture: Who Benefits? African Civil Society Statement on the G8's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition For a solidarity statement by UK Civil Society groups, see here.
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Grangemouth residents and campaign groups outraged by decision to approve Forth Energy biomass Plant
Joint press release by Grangemouth Community Council, Biofuelwatch and Friends of the Earth Scotland Response to the decision to approve Forth Energy's biomass power station: Energy Minister Fergus Ewing announced today that consent has been granted to Forth Energy...
Week of Protests Against GE Trees at US Industry Conference
A week of protests is under way against the International Tree Biotechnology 2013 conference in Asheville, North Carolina, from 25th May to 1st June. ArborGen, one of the conference sponsors, wants to commercially sell millions of GE eucalyptus trees in seven southern...
Climate Crisis: Radical action or a new battlefront in the war on nature?
Climate Crisis: Radical action or a new battlefront in the war on nature?, Almuth Ernsting and Rachel Smolker, Common Dreams
Opponents of genetically engineered (GE) trees join March Against Monsanto
Opponents of genetically engineered (GE) trees join March Against Monsanto Joint press release by Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered (GE) Trees, Global Justice Ecology Project, Earth First!, Dogwood Alliance, Biofuelwatch, Global Forest Coalition, REAL...
Battersea Against Biofuels
LATEST: 5.11.2013 The Developers are holding an informal public consultation prior to applying for planning permission for Phase 2. They write: 'Following a review of proposed fuels for the energy centre the use of first generation bio-oil as a fuel source is no...
Hundreds Protest against Genetically Engineered Trees
Joint Press Release by Campaign to STOP GE Trees, Global Justice Ecology Project, Earth First!, Dogwood Alliance, Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch Click here to read
Drax Plc lobbying of Government is misleading MPs and the public over biomass sustainability claims
Drax Plc lobbying of Government is misleading MPs and the public over biomass sustainability claims
Response to Forth Energy’s Addenum to their Dundee application
Biofuelwatch response to Forth Energy's Addendum to their application for a biomass power station at Dundee Port
The Royal Bank of Scotland: Greening Its Image with False Renewable Energy Projects.
On the 14th of May Biofuelwatch joined Friends of the Earth Scotland at the RBS headquarters in Edinburgh to hold the bank to account for its dirty investments into fossil fuels and big biomass. In reaction to negative publicity and increasing public pressure, RBS has...
RBS funding for big biomass
The Royal Bank of Scotland: Greening Its Image with False Renewable Energy Projects.
U.S. public overwhelmingly rejects genetically engineered trees
U.S. public overwhelmingly rejects genetically engineered trees, Joint Press Release by Global Justice Ecology Project, Biofuelwatch and Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees
Response to new planning documents related to ECO2’s application for a biomass power station at Mendlesham
Biofuelwatch submission in response to Mid Suffolk Council's consultation on a further submission by ECO2 regarding their biomass power station application in Mendlesham
Leaked Master Plan for ProSAVANA programme in Northern Mozambique confirms worst fears
Leaked copy of the Master Plan for the ProSAVANA programme in Northern Mozambique confirms the worst fears, Joint Statement by 22 civil society organisations and networks
Drax AGM targeted over biomass conversion plans
Drax AGM targeted over biomass conversion plans
Drax AGM targeted over biomass conversion plans
UPDATE: Please also see the International Open Letter: Converting coal plans to burn biomass only replaces one disaster with another For a background briefing about Coal-to-Biomass Conversions in the UK, click here. For immediate use 24th April 2013 50 people are...
International Open Letter: Converting coal plans to burn biomass only replaces one disaster with another
Converting coal plants to burn biomass only replaces one disaster with another, Open Letter by 48 non-UK organisations and networks worldwide For a list of UK-based organisations that support a protest against Drax's coal-to-biomass conversion, please...
Groups globally oppose plans to burn wood for electricity
Groups globally oppose plans to burn wood for electricity, citing impacts on forests, climate, communities