Biochar: Can Charcoal Really Stop Global Warming?, Almuth Ernsting, The Ecologist
Almuth
Biofuels for Aviation
More future land grabbing and deforestation for agrofuels to justify today’s airport expansion? Report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch, updated June 2009
Planning objection to proposed biofuel-fired power station in Newport
Read report here.
Mount Kenya Declaration on the Global Crisis and Africa’s Responsibility
Statement from the African Biodiversity Network.
White Roofs, Black Dust and Slippery Slopes: Climate-Engineers seek techno-fix as climate negotiations get underway
Joint press release by ETC Group and Biofuelwatch.
Blue NG / 2OC
Report : "Blue NG / 2OC inconsistencies, misinformation and spin", Biofulwatch/Food not Fuel Report : "Blue-NG / 2OC: Opening up a new agrofuel market for power generation in the UK", Biofuelwatch
Shell biofuels
Report by Biofuelawtch about Shell's investments in agrofuels
Planning objection to proposed vegetable oil power plant in Ealing
Read objection here.
Letter of critical opposition to the “Round Table on Responsible Soy”
Open letter with over 60 signatures.
Agrofuels in the Americas
Online book (2.88 MB), edited by Richard Jonasse, Food First.
Global Civil Society Opposes Charred Earth Policy
Joint press release — 147 organisations from 44 countries warn against 'biochar' (large-scale charcoal) as a dangerous new false solution to climate change.
Biochar: A New Big Threat to People, Land and Ecosystems
A declaration signed by around 150 organisations worldwide
The Greening of Aviation
Presentation to AirportWatch conference. PowerPoint presentation (2.6MB) Presentation with notes (Word document, 4.2MB)
Open letter to UK government and local authorities and other relevant organisations: Agrofuels for UK power plants are not ‘green energy’
Open letter signed by 93 organizations.
Massachusetts Forests at the Crossroads
Massachusetts Forests at the Crossroads: Forests, Parks, Landscapes, Environment, Quality of Life, Communities and Economy Threatened by Industrial Scale Logging & Biomass Power, Massachusetts Forest Watch, report, March 2009
Profit at any Cost: A battle between big business and sustainable lifestyles – Northern Ghana
Report by Deepak Rughani, Biofuelwatch
Biochar for Climate Change Mitigation: Fact or Fiction?
A briefing paper by Almuth Ernsting and Rachel Smolker. Please note that information contained in this briefing has been substantially updated in the 2011 report Biochar: A Critical Review of Science and Policy.
Campaigners to hand over more than 10,000 signatures for release of Indonesian palm oil campaigner: EU Renewable Energy Directive implicated in Human Rights Abuse in Sumatra
Joint press release by Biofuelwatch, Down to Earth, Rettet den Regenwald e.V. Watch Indonesia!