European Nature Convention Bureau criticises Swiss government for ignoring complaint about serious damage to protected nature site 14th May 2024 - The Bureau of the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats has expressed its...
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Environmental Justice campaigners hand petition against criminal persecution of Croatian forest defender to Embassy
London, 9th May 2024 – Today at 12 noon, environmental justice campaigners from Biofuelwatch and other groups are handing over a petition signed by around 1,400 individuals, [1] accompanied, by an open letter by international NGOs [2] to the Croatian embassy in...
Open Letter to Vattenfall, 2024
Joint open letter to Ms Anna Borg, Vattenfall CEO by Fridays for Future Sweden, Skydda Skogen (Sweden), ROBIN WOOD (Germany), Comité Schone Lucht (Netherlands) and Biofuelwatch CC to Mr Martijn Hagens (CEO Vattenfall Netherlands), Mr Alexander Van Ofwegen (Head of...
Protests in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and the UK against Vattenfall’s continued investments in high-carbon biomass plants
29th April 2024 – Protests are taking place in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, and the UK coinciding with Vattenfall’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) against Vattenfall’s investments in wood bioenergy as well as continued fossil fuel burning. This internationally...
Tag des Baumes: Neues Bündnis protestiert gegen Ausweitung der HolzenergieTag des Baumes: Neues Bündnis protestiert gegen Ausweitung der Holzenergie
Pressemitteilung von „Ausgebrannt – Bündnis gegen die Verbrennung von Biomasse“ 15.4.2024 - Zum „Internationalen Tag des Baumes“ findet heute ein gemeinsamer Aktionstag des von regionalen und nationalen Umweltorganisationen und Forschenden neu gegründeten Bündnisses...
Infopapier zu den Holzbiomassekraftwerken der Stadtwerke Leipzig
Die beiden Holzbiomasse-Kraftwerke der Leipziger Stadtwerke und die weiteren Pläne zur Verbrennung von Holz Gemainsames Infopapier von NABU, ROBIN WOOD, Biofuelwatch und Deutsche Umwelthilfe Die kommunalen Leipziger Stadtwerke betreiben seit etwa 20 Jahren zwei...
Le projet E-CHO d’Elyse Energy à Lacq : de l’innovation verte ou un éléphant blanc hors de prix ?
In English Cliquez ici pour télécharger le rapport complet Coupe rase en Pyrénées atlantiques, près de Lacq Introduction Le projet E-CHO est un plan ambitieux impliquant trois projets différents mais interconnectés à Lacq et ses environs, dans le département des...
Elyse Energy’s E-CHO project in Lacq: Green innovation or a costly white elephant?
En français Click here for full briefing in English Clearfelling near Lacq, in the Pyrenees, Photo: ouche pas à ma forêt: pour le climat Introduction The E-CHO project is an ambitious proposal involving three different but interconnected projects in and around Lacq,...
Biofuelwatch issues legal challenge to decision to allow carbon capture installation at Drax power plant
Biofuelwatch UK has issued a High Court legal challenge to the decision to grant Drax Power Limited consent to install carbon capture technology at the Yorkshire biomass power plant. It would effectively allow the generation of electricity from burning almost entirely...
Trees from clearcutting in Portuguese nature reserve found to have gone to Drax pellet supplier
Trees from clearcutting in Portuguese nature reserve found to have gone to Drax pellet supplier 21st March 2024 - A new video investigation by Biofuelwatch and the Portuguese NGO ZERO [1] reveals that the Pinewells pellet plant in Portugal, whose biggest customer is...
Video expose of Portuguese pellet supplier of Drax
video investigation by Biofuelwatch and Portuguese NGO Zero shows impacts of drax's pellet supplier pinewells on pine forests, including on natura 2000 site A new video investigation by Biofuelwatch and the Portuguese NGO ZERO reveals that the Pinewells pellet...
International Day of Forests – 21st March 2024
What’s happening? The United Nations International Day of Forests (21st March) is a day to celebrate, and most importantly, protect our vital forests around the world. Yet the Government is subsidising the destruction of these forests by using our energy bills to fund...
Climate activists stage musical protest over Government proposals for new tree-burning subsidies
Biofuelwatch and Stop Burning Trees Press Release For immediate release Climate justice campaigners from across the UK environmental movement gathered outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)1 in London today in a colourful and...
Pläne zur Ausweitung der Holzverbrennung für die Berliner Fernwärme
Gemeinsames Informationspapier, veröffentlicht von NABU, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, ROBIN WOOD, Biofuelwatch, Greenpeace Berlin, BUND Landesverband Berlin, PowerShift und Bürgerbegehren Klimaschutz Aktualisierte Version, Januar 2025 Zusammenfassung: Der Großteil des...
Ausweitung der Holzverbrennung in Berlin geplant – Umweltorganisationen veröffentlichen Infopapier und fordern Absage an geplante Holzheizkraftwerke
Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von NABU, DUH, Robin Wood, biofuelwatch, BUND Berlin, Greenpeace Berlin, BBK und PowerShift Ausweitung der Holzverbrennung in Berlin geplant – Umweltorganisationen veröffentlichen Infopapier und fordern Absage an geplante Holzheizkraftwerke...
Joint response to UK government consultation about ‘Transitional Subsidies’ for Drax and Lynemouth Power stations
Joint Response by Biofuelwatch and Stop Burning Trees to DESNZ consultation about Transitional Subsidies for large-scale biomass electricity plants (i.e. Drax and Lynemouth Power Stations)
New investigation shows Drax has sourced logs from British Columbia’s rarest Old Growth forests for its pellet mills
28th February 2024 - A new investigation [1] published today by Conservation North, Biofuelwatch and Bulkley Valley Stewardship Coalition reveals that, throughout 2023, Drax routinely sourced whole logs from logging Primary and Old Growth Forests, including from...
Logging what’s left: How Drax’s pellet mills are sourcing logs from British Columbia’s rarest Old Growth forests
Joint investigation into wood sourcing for Drax pellet mills in British Columbia by Conservation North, Bulkley Valley Stewardship Coalition and Biofuelwatch Drax Group Plc is a UK-based company that operates the world’s biggest biomass power station, and is also the...