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Climate Geo-engineering with ‘Carbon Negative’ Bioenergy
This is a critical analysis of proposals for 'carbon negative' bioenergy, including biochar (agrichar) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, as a means of reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and mitigating climate change. It includes a wider...
Submission to the Royal Society consultation on geo-engineering
Read submission here.
Consultation on Draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009
Response to the consultation.
EU Parliament must say no to flawed Renewable Energy Directive
Joint press release by 12 groups.
Agrofuel protest outside Greenergy London office
6th December 2008 - About 40 people held a banner protest outside the Greenergy office, 198 High Holburn, London. Greenergy are the biggest supplier of agrofuels in the UK, using palm oil as well as soya. The protestors were joined by cyclists taking part in the...
Open letter to MEPs
Open letter opposing EU biofuels targets, signed by 33 organisations and 17 individuals.
Did the FSC pass the practical test or is it on the wrong track?
Presentation by Chris Lang
Violence Against Indigenous Women Springs from the Violation of Ancestral Land Rights
Declaration by BAI, a Phillippine network of indigenous women's organizations which is part of the Asia indigenous Women's Network (AIWN). This relates to the violation of indigneous women's rights, including as a result of jatropha plantations for biofuels in...
Agrofuels: The new frontier for genetically modified organism’s (GMOs)
Declaration towards the International Biofuels Conference in Brazil. Red por una America Latina Libre de Transgenicos (RALLT) and African Centre for Biosafety.
Declaration from the International Seminar: Agrofuels as an Obstactle to Food and Energy Sovereignty
Declaration from the international seminar, São Paulo, 17-19 November 2008.
UK-based agrofuel companies
Who is behind the Agrofuel Industry in the UK? Read a summary of companies and other organisations involved in the agrofuel industry in the UK , Biofuelwatch View a map of all biofuel refineries in the UK, except for those that solely use waste vegetable oil. UK...
International Declaration Against the ‘Greenwashing’ of Palm Oil by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Declaration with 256 signature organisations.
Certified unsustainable? Observations on the first three RSPO certificates
Report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch
Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) for Agrofuels
By Deepak Rughani A summary of studies on the climate change impacts of agrofuels. Download
Protest at Biofuels Expo and Conference, Newark
Protestors scaled the roof and walls at this exhibition and protested at the gate through which all attendees were passing. Despite claims to be focussing on 'good' biofuels it was attended by companies promoting and benefitting from agrofuel expansion. The home...
Protesters to target Industry and Government Biofuels conference and exhibition
Protesters to target Industry and Government Biofuels conference and exhibition
Declaration of Colombian Social Organizations and Communities Regarding the Intentions of the First Latin American Meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Declaration.