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...
The Royal Bank of Scotland: Greening Its Image with False Renewable Energy Projects.
U.S. public overwhelmingly rejects genetically engineered trees, Joint Press Release by Global Justice Ecology Project, Biofuelwatch and Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees
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 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
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...
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, citing impacts on forests, climate, communities
Forth Energy’s proposed biomass power station for Dundee: A closer look at the company’s claims about air quality impacts, sustainability, efficiency and jobs, and why this is happening, Joint briefing by Biofuelwatch and Friends of the Earth Tayside
Energy and Climate Change Committee call for evidence on proposed Biomass one-off session, Biofuelwatch submission
Biofuels - At what cost? A review of costs and benefits of EU biofuels policies, Global Subsidies Initiative and International Institute for Sustainable Development
For immediate use 15th April 2013 Biofuelwatch Media Advisory & Photo Call Contact: Oliver Munnion on 07917693337 or oli.munnion@biofuelwatch.org.uk What?: Biofuelwatch will hold a loud and visual demonstration with banners, speakers and samba band outside the...
[add-this] 24th April // 12:00 // The Grocers’ Hall, Princes Street, London EC2R 8AD // Drax is planning to convert half of their coal power station (the UK's biggest) to burning biomass - most of it imported wood. They are hoping this will secure the long-term future...
Biofuelwatch meets with representatives of the bank to discuss their investments into big biomass. On the 20th of March Biofuelwatch were invited to attend a meeting with the Green Investment Bank (GIB). The request came in response to an e-alert that Biofuelwatch...
Geoengineering is a Dangerous Solution to Climate Change, Rachel Smolker, Huffington Post
OPEN LETTER TO THE UN AND ITS INSTITUTIONS AND INITIATIVES RELATED TO FOREST ISSUES(FAO, CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD AND UNFF) 21 March – the first ´International Day of Forests´ An appeal to urgently halt forest destruction, addressing the underlying causes
World Bank must end support for Honduran palm oil company implicated in dozens of murders, joint press release by Friends of the Earth International, Global Forest Coalition, Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Urgewald, Rights Action, Rettet...