Dear Biofuelwatch supporter Welcome to our July 2021 newsletter full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Important reading for anyone who wants to see meaningful responses to climate change and who is concerned...
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The Curious Case of Red Rock Biofuels
By Gary Graham Hughes The financing, permitting and still unfinished construction of a woody biomass to aviation fuel refinery in remote and wild Lakeview, Oregon, has proven to be a very curious case whose investigation exposes the myths and realities of making...
Press release: Keep bioenergy out of the Energy Charter Treaty, say 58 groups
Keep bioenergy out of the Energy Charter Treaty, say 58 groups Including bioenergy within the Energy Charter Treaty would make this harmful treaty even worse - Embargoed for 11 am CEST, 6th July 2021 - Brussels/Amsterdam/London - 6 July, 2021 - 58 civil society...
Open Letter opposing the Energy Charter Treaty and the proposed inclusion of biomass energy in it
Energy Charter Treaty: Including bioenergy within its remit would make this harmful treaty even worse The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) allows investors in the energy sector based in one member state to sue the government of another current or former member over almost...
The Big Con: how big polluters are advancing a “net zero” climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny
We a pleased to be among contributors to a new report lead by Corporate Accountability, Global Forest Coalition and Friends of the Earth International called "The Big Con: How Big Polluters are advancing a "net zero" climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny". The...
Open Letter: STOP the Pego power station coal-to-biomass conversion!
TrustEnergy, the main shareholder of Pego power station in Portugal and a joint venture between ENGIE and Marubeni, has announced its intention to convert the power station’s coal burning unit (due to close in November 2021) to burning wood pellets. Burning such...
UK: Joint NGO Statement on Biomass for Net Zero
22 Environmental organisations tell the UK Government that industrial-scale biomass burning in the power sector threatens climate action and should not be subsidised. Read full statement here
Drax Plc’s carbon capture claims not based on any real-world evidence, company reveals to campaigners
Drax’s carbon capture announcements claims appear motivated by quest for new multi-billion pound subsidies, environmental campaigners warn For immediate release London, 14th June 2021 - The environmental campaign group Biofuelwatch is today publishing...
Drax admits lack of any real-world evidence for capturing carbon from their biomass units
WRITTEN Responses from Drax Consultation Team 15/3/2021 Drax has also responded to questions from Biofuelwatch during a consultation in November 2021, in which it admitted a shocking lack of data about its own BECCS proposals. [Comments/explanations in green added by...
Briefing about EnBW’s plans to replace coal with wood pellets in their Rostock and Altbach-Deizisau coal plants
EnBW’s plans to replace coal with wood pellets in their Rostock and Altbach-Deizisau coal plants: Impacts on forests and climate Update: EnBW has since abandoned plans to convert coal plants to biomass. Neu: EnBW hat seitdem Pläne, Kohlekraftwerke auf Holz umzurüsten...
Second objection to Carbon Sole’s biomass planning application in Ireland
Biofuelwatch comments on Carbon Sole's application for a biomass gasification and BioSNG plant at Stonehall, next to Shanon Airport, County Clare, June 2021, follwing the company's submission of further documents
Biofuelwatch Celebrates Independent Public Affairs Programming Collaboration With Redwood Community Radio
An independently produced radio series on liquid fuels and the proposed conversion of two San Francisco Bay Area refineries to biofuels, largely soy-based diesel and jet fuel, came to a conclusion last week with the broadcast on KMUD - Redwood Community Radio of an...
NEWSLETTER MAY 2021
Dear Biofuelwatch supporter Welcome to our May 2021 newsletter full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Important reading for anyone who wants to see meaningful responses to climate change and who is concerned...
IEA report projected to increase ‘modern’ bioenergy generation globally
Read related DeSmog article here written by a Biofuelwatch Co-Director The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its report: ‘Net Zero by 2050: A roadmap for the global energy system’. According to the report’s ‘Net Zero Emissions’ scenario an almost three...
Resist the Siren Call of Aviation Biofuels
SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL IS NEITHER CLIMATE FRIENDLY NOR SUSTAINABLE By Gary Graham Hughes, California Policy Monitor, Biofuelwatch The climate damaging impacts of flying are becoming harder and harder to ignore and are increasingly of concern to a climate educated...
UNSUSTAINABLE AND INEFFECTIVE: WHY EU FOREST BIOMASS STANDARDS WON’T STOP DESTRUCTION
Biofuelwatch is proud to be a co-author of this new report: "Unsustainable and Ineffective: Why EU Forest Biomass Standards Won't Stop Destruction" . The publication reveals that the European Union (EU) Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria fails to...
Joint objection to RWE’s permit application for doubling wood pellet burning in Eemshaven, NL
Joint objection by Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch, Dogwood Alliance, Southern Environmental Law Center and Estonian Fund for Nature to RWE's permit application for doubling the amount of wood pellets they can burn in the Eemshaven Power Station, Province of...
Response to USDA on tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad
Our colleague in the US, Rachel Smolker, has written a response to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as they sought input from the public on 'Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad'. In the response it is made clear that we do not support the...