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
Declarations and statements – biomass
Joint Letter to Drax Shareholders warning against proposed acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.
Joint Civil Society letter to Shareholders of Drax Group PLC about the proposed acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc Recommendation: Vote AGAINST the resolution to approve the acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc by Drax Canadian Holdings Inc an...
Open letter against Albioma’s coal-to-biomass conversion plans on Réunion
Financial actors should not support the conversion from coal to biomass of Albioma in Réunion Open Letter signed by 19 French and international NGOs, March 2021 Click here to read (in French)
No overexploitation of forests for a wrong energy turnaround
Statement of German NGOs on forest bioenergy Download the statement witht he logos and list of signatories as a pdf Forests are irreplaceable for the protection of biodiversity and our climate, they are the basis of life for humans, animals and plants. Nevertheless,...
Open Letter opposing the proposed US Forest Health and Biomass Energy Actof 2020
Click here to read the full version with the signatories 18th November 2020 Dear Senators, We the undersigned conservation, climate, environmental justice, and faith-basedorganizations and individuals urge you to oppose S. 4603, "The Forest Health and Biomass Energy...
Danish Climate Agreement Puts Southern US and Estonian Forests at Risk
Letter to Members of the Danish Parliament and the Minister of Climate, Energy, and Supply, Dan Jørgensen signed by US American and Estonian environmental organisations - click here for the annotated letter with the list of signatories September 1, 2020 Writing on...
Estonian letter urges Denmark to stop destroying their forests for biomass
Open Letter by Estonians calls on Denmark to stop incentivising the degradation of their forets that is resulting from wood pellet imports for Danish heat and power plants: https://martinluiga.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/art-is-a-hole-in-the-world-9-letter-to-the-danes/...
Open Letter by Polish civil society groups opposed to increased forest wood burning for energy
Letter by 27 environmental and civil society organizations from Poland, to the European Commission, urging them to act to prevent Polish government biomass energy plans which would devastate Polisy forests. Click here to download.
Letter by Polish scientists opposing plans to use more forest wood for energy
Click here to see the original letter in Polish, with the list of signatories. Translation: Warsaw, 27 July 2020 To: 1. Mr. Michał WośMinister of Environment 2. Mr. Tomasz GrodzkiMarshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Subject: Government bill amending the...
Open Letter calling on the Government to redirect renewable subsidies from biomass burning to genuinely renewable energy
To sign the Open Letter, please email: biofuelwatch@gmail.com or complete the Google form here. For a pdf copy of the letter to download and print, please see here To the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, and the Energy Minister The...
Open Letter from NGOs in pellet producer countries to Dutch policy makers
Open Letter by 36 environmental organisations in Estonia and the USA to Ddutch policy makers opposing subsidies for biomass co-firing with coal and in dedicated biomass plants
Over 120 groups from around the world denounce large scale forest biomass energy
Over 120 civil society organisations around the world expose the "biomass delusion" and call for an end for subsidies for burning forest biomass. Click here to read the position statement with the full list of signatories Position Statement on Forest Biomass Energy We...
Open Letter to The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Please say no to Drax’s climate-wrecking gas power plans
Open letter signed by 92 environmental organisations For the fully referenced letter, please see: Drax Repower Open Letter with signatures Please note that this letter remains open for signatures. If your organisation would like to sign it please email Biofuelwatch....
Burning trees with oil shale must not be rewarded with greenenergy subsidies
Open Letter to the Government of Estonia and to EU member states considering purchasing renewable energy certificates from Estonia Burning trees with oil shale must not be rewarded with greenenergy subsidies [Click here for a fully referenced version of the Open...
Ireland’s peat power stations must be shut down, not gradually converted to biomass
Open letter by 33 environmental organisations in the USA Click here for the full version of the letter with references and the list of signatories. As conservation and environmental justice organizations in the United States, we are deeply concerned about plans by...
MEPs must vote against new destructive biofuel and biomass incentives
The plenary of the European Parliament will vote on the renewed Renewable Energy Directive (RED) during the week of the 15th January. This vote could see even more policy support being directed towards destructive biofuels and biomass. We believe that neither should...
Open Letter to BEIS: No new subsidies for coal-to-biomass conversions
On International Day for Forests, FAO celebrates cutting them down for energy
La versión en Español de esta página web estará disponible próximamente en www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2017/fao-día-Internacional-bosques 21st March has been declared International Day for Forests by the UN. Shockingly, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation...