Campaigners and communities call on Government to stop Drax from fuelling environmental injustice, forest destruction and climate breakdown For immediate release London, 9th October 2019 - A coalition of campaigners have gathered outside the Department for...
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Axe Drax Protest – Thank you to everyone who came along!
Thank you to everyone who joined us to stand against extractivism. On Wednesday 9th October, we gathered outside the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in London to call out Drax Power station and the impacts it's having on forests,...
Protests against International Aviation Emissions Strategy – Press Release
Planned protests in Montreal at International Aviation Assembly (24th of September to 4th of October) // New briefing exposes plans for palm oil in the airplane tank & aviation emissions scheme (CORSIA) as set to fail to reduce aviation emissions Montreal/ Vienna,...
Biofuelwatch is delighted to support the Global Climate Strike on Friday 20th September
On Friday 20th September, millions of people around the world will go on strike and join young climate protestors on the street to call on governments to take urgent climate action. Biofuelwatch is delighted to join the Global Climate Strike and we stand in...
Burned Screening and Q&A in Amsterdam, 27th July
Where? NieuwLand, Pieter Nieuwlandstraat 93-95, 1093 XN Amsterdam When? 7pm for a 7.30 pm start [add-this] What? "Burned - Are Trees the New Coal?" is an award-winning documentary that reveals the destruction of southern US forests for biomass energy, much of it...
Campaign resources
Do you ever wish you had a two-page info sheet to explain the basics of what’s wrong with biomass electricity and why we campaign about Drax Power Station? Well, now you have. Biomass fact sheet web view Biomass fact sheet print quality Drax fact sheet web view...
Drax wins award for…?
Last week, Drax Plc received a prize for “Green Innovation“ at the Humber Renewables Awards for its carbon capture efforts - despite the fact that no carbon is actually being stored at the power station. Drax announced last year that it would start trialling BioEnergy...
Please join The Time is Now mass lobby of Parliament on 26 June to call for an end to biomass power subsidies
Please join “The Time is now: A Mass Lobby for Climate, Nature and People” and ask your MP to take urgent climate action by redirecting huge renewable energy subsidies from biomass burning to genuine renewables On Wednesday 26th June thousands of individuals and...
Please Join The Time is Now Mass Lobby of Parliament on 26 June to call for an end to biomass power subsidies – Information Page
Join "The Time is now: A Mass Lobby for Climate, Nature and People" and urge your MP to demand that renewable energy subsidies be redirected from high-carbon biomass to true renewables. On Wednesday 26 June thousands of individuals and organisations will gather in...
Environmental campaigners protest against Humber Renewables Awards for UK’s single biggest CO2 emitter, Drax Plc.
Hull, 14th June 2019 – Last night, environmental campaigners greeted attendees of the 2019 Humber Renewables Awards ceremony [1] in Hessle, Hull with a banner protest against the presentation of one of the awards to Drax Plc, owners of the UK’s single biggest power...
Drax Plc: a terrible candidate for the Humber Renewables Awards
Drax Plc has been shortlisted in two categories for the Humber Renewables Awards. Such awards should be going to businesses that invest in clean and low-carbon renewable energy – not to the owners of the UK’s single biggest CO2 emitter! While Drax likes to present...
#AxeDrax protests outside Drax AGM, Drax Power Station and in Sheffield
A colourful and musical protest was held outside Drax Plc's AGM on 17th April 2019. Simultaneous banner protests took place outside Drax power station in Yorkshire and in Sheffield. Campaigners denounced Drax for burning more wood than the UK produces every year, for...
Protesters denounce Drax’s ‘major contribution to UK climate change emissions’ outside company AGM
Two solidarity protests held outside Drax Power Station in York and in Sheffield London, 17th April – Climate justice campaigners held a colourful and musical protest outside Drax Plc’s Annual General Meeting in London earlier today, denouncing the company’s power...
Petition and Open Letter urge UK Government to stop Drax’s mega gas plans
A petition signed by over 96,000 people and an Open Letter signed by 92 environmental groups have been handed over to Greg Clark, Secretary of State at te Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The petition and letter urge Greg Clark to refuse...
Next biomass documentary screenings
“What we’re up against is that our economic system values forest destruction over forest protection, and at the end of the day that’s what we have to change.” – Danna Smith, Dogwood Alliance If you're new to the issues around large scale biomass, or are trying to...
The Dark Side of the Bioeconomy: Climate Catastrophe, Forest Destruction, and Human Rights Abuses
Over 120 Organisations from 40 countries hold day of action to reject the “BioFuture Platform” (November 7, 2018) - An international coalition of more than 120 organisations from 40 countries today warns that the rapid global growth of the so-called bioeconomy poses a...
Please object to Drax’s climate-choking plans to burn gas
Please object to Drax’s climate-choking plans to burn gas Please note that the period for registering an objection has now ended. We will post future updates about this application and our #AxeDrax campaign on our website. Drax Plc., the world’s biggest biomass burner...
Drax Plc hit by double protest on the day of its AGM
Media release: Drax Plc hit by double protest during its AGM For immediate release 25th April 2018 This morning forest, climate and environmental justice activists have gathered outside Drax Plc's Annual General Meeting in York. The lively demonstration aimed to...