We are deeply concerned by the government's ongoing support for aviation biofuels, often erroneously known as 'sustainable aviation fuel'. The SAF Bill is now progressing through the Lords, and we want to make it clear to them that this technology is not a climate...
Katy Brown
Urgent action: Please ask your MP to say no to Drax’s AI data centre bid
The UK’s single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied with the University of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for public support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre as part of an ‘AI Growth Zone’ in Yorkshire. Drax claims that an AI data...
Illusory Emissions Reductions from Biofuels Undermine California Progress on Climate
California relies on counting uptake of ‘renewable diesel’ as a primary mechanism for achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions, despite evidence showing that biofuels are anything but ‘carbon neutral’ and can result in even more emissions than fossil fuels. CARB...
Neues Holzheizwerk in Berlin geplant: Jeden Winter dreimal den Tiergarten verheizen?
Genehmigungsantrag für Reuter West eingereicht – Kosten von knapp einer Viertel Milliarde Euro Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von NABU, Biofuelwatch, ROBIN WOOD, BUND Berlin, PowerShift, Greenpeace Berlin, Gesellschaft für Klima und Demokratie, Fridays For Future,...
Government Signs up to 4 more years of tree burning at Drax
5 November 2025 Today the UK Government has signed a ‘Contract for Difference’ with Drax Group which will allow its biomass power station to receive financial support post March 2027 when its current subsidies run out. This means that Drax, the UK’s biggest...
Zum Internationalen Aktionstag gegen das Verfeuern von Holz fordern Umweltgruppen Umdenken bei den Holzverbrennungsplänen von eins-Energie und der Stadt Chemnitz
Wirtschaftlichkeit des geplanten Holzkraftwerks höchst fraglich – Wälder bereits übernutzt, Holzpreise steigen Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von Biofuelwatch, NABU, ROBIN WOOD und Bürgerinitiative für Großwärmepumpe statt Holzkraftwerk im Chemnitzer Westen Chemnitz, 21....
Kundgebung in Stade: Umweltgruppen fordern Umdenken beim geplanten Holzheizkraftwerk in Bützfleth
Banner-Protest zum „Internationalen Aktionstag gegen das Verbrennen von Holz” Stade, 21. Oktober 2025 - Anlässlich des Internationalen Aktionstags gegen das Verbrennen von Holz fand heute Nachmittag auf dem Pferdemarkt in Stade eine Protestkundgebung gegen das...
Berlin verbrennt die Zukunft!
Spektakulärer Protest gegen Berlins Pläne zur Wärmewende am „Internationalen Aktionstag gegen das Verfeuern von Holz“ Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von ROBIN WOOD und Biofuelwatch Berlin, 21.Oktober 2025 - Aus Protest gegen das Verfeuern von Holz in Kraftwerken...
Protestaktion vor Holzkraftwerk in Piesteritz: „Stilllegen statt Verkauf!“
Umweltorganisationen appellieren an Stadtwerke Wittenberg, auf klimafreundliche Wärme zu setzen Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von „180° Wärmewende Leipzig“, NABU, ROBIN WOOD und Biofuelwatch vom 21.10.2025 Wittenberg-Piesteritz – Anlässlich des Internationalen...
Burning Billions for Biomass
The case for cutting subsidies, not forests Joint report by Environmental Paper Network, Biofuelwatch, Solutions for Our Climate, Rachel Carson Council, Global Environment Facility, Dogwood Alliance, NRDC, Comité Schone Lucht, Pracownia na rzecz Wszystkich Istot,...
Campaigners Urge the IMO to Keep Biofuels Out of Net-Zero Framework
Joint press release by Global Forest Coalition, Forest Watch Indonesia and Biofuelwatch LONDON, 20 October 2025 – Biofuelwatch, Forest Watch Indonesia and Global Forest Coalition are calling the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to exclude harmful biofuels...
No biofuels for shipping – videos
Hi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXofuyQ-tYA&list=PL2MP4qZt4tZ1gvzjMVjdUTQuxV57o1PQQ
Drax’s greenwashing and lobbying efforts in the UK
Summary: Drax uses advertising, lobbying meetings, donations, educational resources, academic research and sponsorship of events to gain public and political support for its tree burning and to present the company as benevolent and part of the climate solution when...
Open Letter – 85 Organisations urge Mississippi Governor to reject Drax permit appeal to increase pollution
Open Letter - Please Say No to Dirty Drax's Plea to Pollute
Comments to the BSI on the standards for the quantification of greenhouse gas removals associated with BECCS on behalf of Biofuelwatch
Comments to the BSI on the standards for the quantification of greenhouse gas removals associated with BECCS on behalf of Biofuelwatch
Nach Ankündigung der Leipziger Stadtwerke: Umweltgruppen fordern endgültige Stilllegung der Holzkraftwerke
Ende der ineffizienten und klimaschädlichen Stromerzeugung in Bischofferode und Piesteritz ist überfällig Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von NABU, ROBIN WOOD, Biofuelwatch und der Kampagne “180° Wärmewende Leipzig” vom 29.09.2025 Leipziger und überregionale...
Response to EC consultation “Legislative initiative on CO2 transportation infrastructure and markets”
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Rebranding of California carbon market as ‘cap-and-invest’ is a cynical ploy
Leave the market economists to fight among themselves over the right price of carbon — let them relive their Groundhog Day if they wish. The world is moving on and we need to have the audacity to think differently and conceive of alternative futures. --Kevin Anderson...