Biofuelwatch response to BEIS Consultation on phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating systems in businesses and public buildings off the gas grid - January 2022
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Biofuelwatch briefing about Albioma’s conversion of coal power plants to biomass (Reunion)
This briefing looks at Albioma's conversion of coal power plants in French Overseas Territories to burning wood pellets, with a special focus on Albioma's two coal power stations on Réunion, December 2021 English version French version
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 letters on the draft environmental review of two refineries in the San Francisco Bay Area that are attempting to extend the life of their antiquated industrial facilities with a...
NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2021
Welcome to our final newsletter of 2021 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 about protecting...
Video – Uprooting the Drivers of Deforestation & Climate Change: Frontline Visions and Pathways to a Transformative World
On 9th November 2021 Biofuelwatch, in collaboration with the Global Forest Coalition and other NGOs, co-hosted an online panel discussion that challenged some of the false climate solutions being proposed and promoted at COP26, and how these false solutions will make...
Response to Drax’s BECCS Consultation
Biofuelwatch submitted the following in response to Drax's statutory consultation on BECCS: Dear Sir/Madam, We are writing in response to the statutory consultation about the Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project proposal. We feel there is some key...
Drax admits lack of data about its own BECCS proposals
Written Responses from Drax Consultation Team from between 17th and 23rd of December 2021 Drax has also responded to questions from Biofuelwatch during a consultation in March 2021, in which it admitted that it had no real-world for capturing carbon from their biomass...
SABIC’s plans to burn wood pellets in Bergen op Zoom
Impacts on climate, forests and public health UPDATE: On 15th February 2023, a court ruling was issued prohibiting the installation of wood pellet boilers at the SABIC plant. This means that the development will not go ahead. Click here to download the briefing in...
Carbon Capture or Captured Futures? New Report From Biofuelwatch on California Climate Politics
New Report from Biofuelwatch Exposes Sordid Workings of California Climate Politics While California state authorities continue to promote markets-based and technological approaches to advance ‘net zero’ as a primary focus for climate policy, grassroots organizations...
CAMPAIGNERS PROTEST AGAINST DRAX AS IT FACES CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OVER RISKING WORKERS’ HEALTH
Photo by Axe Drax Axe Drax Press Release Leeds 30th November 2021 Climate justice campaigners have been taking part in demonstrations online and at Leeds Magistrates Court today in support of health and safety charges against Drax Power Station, the UK’s largest...
Objection to application for a biomass boiler at Trostrey Court Farm
Objection to application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a biomass boiler at Trostrey Court Farm, Monmouthshire, November 2021
Bioenergy in California
Background: For more than 5 years Biofuelwatch has been tracking and researching a variety of legislative, regulatory and permitting processes in California related to the mission of the organization to advocate for public engagement on bioenergy issues and land...
Axe Drax actions at COP26
Thank you to everyone who joined us, online and in person, to raise our voices in telling Drax they can not get away with greenwashing their climate-wrecking tree burning at COP26. Below are some pictures of the different Drax actions in Glasgow and around the UK...
Ausstellung Klimakiller Holzverbrennung in Großkraftwerken
Holzverbrennug in Großkraftwerken wird als klimaneutral beworben. Warum ist das eine völlige Fehlinformation? Wo wird das schon praktiziert und was sind die Auswirkungen? Woher kommt das Holz, das verfeuert wird? Brauchen wir Kraftwerke, die Holz verfeuern und wie...
Drax ‘burns its way through COP’ – campaigners demonstrate at forest greenwashing event
Glasgow 10th November 2021 - Climate justice campaigners have been taking part in demonstrations at COP26 in Glasgow today outside a World Bioenergy Association event featuring Drax, [1] and other bioenergy industry executives, to call for an end to Drax Power...
No to Nature-Based Solutions Dispossessions!
27 September 2021 - Big climate polluters like Shell and Nestlé are peddling a dangerous scam. They say they canbring their greenhouse gas emissions down to zero and keep burning fossil fuels, mine more ofthe planet, and increase industrial meat and dairy production....
Biofuelwatch response to Call For Evidence on NETs from Environmental Audit Committee October 2021
Biofuelwatch was pleased to submit this response to a Call For Evidence on Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) including Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Bio-energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) from the Environmental Audit Committee in October 2021. The...
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2021
Dear Biofuelwatch supporter Welcome to our packed October 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...