Fierce Campaign Stops California Wood Pellet Export Scheme
Plug pulled on timber sector proposal to site and construct the...
Author Archives: Gary Hughes
Public Participation Obstructed In Rubber Stamp Review Hearing of Phillips 66 Biofuels Refinery Project in California
The saga of the repurposing of two of the refineries in...
Court Orders, Refinery Fires and Deforestation Drivers: California Push for Liquid Biofuels Ignores Red Flag Warnings
Despite a series of dramatic red flag warnings about public safety...
The Opinion Piece that California Media Will Not Publish: Moving Beyond High Carbon Bioenergy
The short text below was submitted as a commentary op/ed style...
California Senate Doubles Down on Speculative Climate Technologies and Advances CDR Markets Bill
The California State Senate has advanced a bill, SB 308 –...
California’s Forests Targeted As Feedstock for Global Wood Bioenergy Industry
California’s Forests Targeted As Feedstock for Global Wood Bioenergy Industry –...
Renewable Diesel Is Not Renewable
This short op-ed piece was written by Gary Hughes of Biofuelwatch...
California Governor Surprises With Common Sense Veto of State Aviation Greenwash Legislation
In late September, just days prior to the end of the...
California Governor Doubles Down Supporting High Carbon Liquid Biofuels As Refinery Conversion Governance Concerns Intensify
In late July 2022 the administration of California Governor Gavin Newsom...
Aviation ‘Net Zero’ Bill Advances in California Legislature as Irregular Permitting of SF Bay Area Refinery Conversions to Biofuels Receive Legal Challenges
The California Legislature’s Senate Standing Committee on Environmental Quality has advanced...
Hearing Set for Appeals of Flawed Permitting of San Francisco Bay Area Refinery Conversions to Make Fuel From Food
Though the environmental reviews of each refinery fail to even mention...
BIOFUELWATCH JOINS SCATHING TAKE DOWN OF DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF PROPOSED BIOFUEL REFINERIES IN CALIFORNIA
A coalition of 20 local, national and international organizations submitted comment...