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Biofuels
What the biofuels industry doesn’t want you to know
What’s really in your ‘sustainable’ biofuels? Click here to download Biofuelwatch's report about the ISCC Biofuels, especially palm oil, have long been associated with deforestation. That’s why Germany set up the ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon...
Whistleblowers reveal profound failure of ISCC to implement biofuel “sustainability standards”
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E-action: oppose the biofuels conversion at Grangemouth
Tell your msp: no biofuels at grangemouth! The Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland recently closed with the loss of over 400 jobs. On the advice of the corporate owners, INEOS and PetroChina, the British and Scottish governments are pursuing a variety of...
BECCS and Biochar
Biochar: A critical perspective
New Biofuelwatch briefing, May 2024: What does the science tell us about whether biochar reliably stores carbon and boosts soil fertility? Click here to download the fully referenced briefing Klicken Sie hier, um die deutsche Version zu lesen Introduction: In 2011,...
Lynemouth Power Station: A smaller version of Drax
Lynemouth Power Station, owned by the Czech energy company EPH, is the second biggest biomass plant in the UK after Drax and one of the biggest in the world. The power station burns up to 1.5 million tonnes of wood every year. The majority of the wood is sourced from...
Carbon capture from biomass and waste incineration: Hype versus reality
Full Report Executive Summary Executive Summary in German / Zusammenfassung auf Deutsch Executive Summary: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) has been gaining traction in the debate around climate change mitigation, with governments developing funding...
#AxeDrax Campaign
#AxeDrax AGM protests
On 13th April, Biofuelwatch and our allies from the Coal Action Network, Fuel Poverty Action, London Mining Network as well as Yorkshire and Liverpool campaigners against dirty energy staged three simultaneous protests to coincide with Drax Plc's Annual...
Two #AxeDrax protests in one week
In collaboration with Coal Action Network and the London Mining Network, Biofuelwatch went to protest against subsidies for Drax's biomass burning at the new department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). This department was created to take on some of...
#AxeDrax, October 22
(and October 19th in London) Update: See here for a report on these two demos, including photos and links to video footage, and here for notice of the next one in April 2017. Demo and celebration at Drax Power Station (near South Gate), 22nd October 2016, 1 - 5 pm....
Bioenergy in California
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 and climate impacts, compounded by errors in governance, California authorities continue to push hard for completing the conversion of refineries in the San Francisco Bay Area to operate as the largest...
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 piece to both CalMatters and the Sacramento Bee, two of the foremost media outlets covering political and environmental issues in the California state capitol, and across the state. Both platforms declined...
California Senate Doubles Down on Speculative Climate Technologies and Advances CDR Markets Bill
The California State Senate has advanced a bill, SB 308 - The Carbon Dioxide Removal Market Development Act - that would require large stationary polluters like refineries to purchase ‘negative emissions credits’ from California Air Resources Board certified ‘carbon...
Europe: Support for campaigns against big biomass across European countries
EPH’s Biomasse Business in Europa
Bitte hier klicken um den Report herunterzuladen Report auf Englisch Zusammenfassung Die EP-Holding (EPH) ist eine der größten europäischen Investoren in klimaschädliche Energie, vor allem in fossile Brennstoffe, aber auch in Holzkraftwerke in Deutschland,...
Response to Greek government consultation to increase logging for biomass energy
Biofuelwatch response to Greek government consultation about changes to forest management, 21st March 2025 I am writing on behalf of Biofuelwatch, a European/US non-profit organisation which has been researching and informing about the impacts of different forms of...
Beating Europe’s forests to a pulp
The scale of biomass-burning at the EU's pulp and paper mills - Joint Report by Biofuelwatch and Environmental Paper Network Click here to download the report as a pdf Summary This investigation aims to quantify the scale of primary woody biomass burning for energy...
Biomass Basics
Learn more about why burning wood and other biomass is not a climate solution. This section provides clear explanations and links to evidence for people new to the issue.