London, 18th April 2018 – A flashmob made up environmental, energy and climate justice campaigners has greeted the world’s largest biomass conference which is held at the Landmark Hotel in Marleybone, London from 17th to 19th April [1], in protest against an industry...
“Burned: are trees the new coal" “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 An award-winning documentary by independent...
18th October is an International Day of Action against Bioenergy, called by the Dogwood Alliance, Markets for Change, Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch and other allies around the world. Whether it’s US Southeastern forests clearcut to make wood pellet biomass for...
PRESS RELEASE 4th October 2017Protesters have gathered outside an international bioenergy conference at the Sheraton Hotel to object to forest destruction in the USA for wood to burn in UK power stations. The protesters are targeting Enviva, the world’s largest wood...
Last month, Chilean social movements welcomed the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Tree Biotechnology 2017 conference with a week of action aimed at strengthening the movement against monoculture tree plantations and genetically engineered...
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...
Protestors against Drax Plc in York, Liverpool and London say Divest from Biomass, Coal and Gas! 13th April 2017 Scores of people around the country are protesting against Drax Plc on the day of its AGM today, with three simultaneous demonstrations in London,...
For Thursday 13th April 2017 On Thursday, 13th April, anti-coal and biomass campaigners will be staging simultaneous protests outside Drax Plc's Annual General Meeting in York, and outside the offices of Drax’s two largest investors in the city of London. Local people...
Drax is a dangerous waste of bill payers' money, receiving ~£1.5 million in subsidies every day to destroy forests and contribute to climate change. Drax burns more wood than any other power station in the world, and more coal than any in the UK. 13th April, the day...
El 21 de marzo ha sido declarado como el Día Internacional de los Bosques por la ONU. Sorprendentemente, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO por sus siglas en inglés), ha decidido celebrar este día promoviendo los “Bosques...
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...
On 14 December 2016, Biofuelwatch organised a Briefing in Committee Room 10 in the House of Commons. It was co-hosted by Glyn Davies MP (Conservative, Environmental Audit Committee), Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP) and Caroline Lucas (Co-leader of the Green Party). It...
Take a look at this new short movie about Drax and the campaign against it by our long-time collaborator Jo Syz. Please watch and share! [add-this]
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...
For immediate release: 22nd October 2016 Protest at Drax power station marks 10 years since first ‘Climate Camp’ Photos are free to use under Creative Commons licence CC BY. Please credit Sebastian Wood/Biofuelwatch This afternoon more than 60 people gathered outside...
London, 19th October 2016 – Climate justice campaigners [1] staged a colourful protest outside the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) today, urging ministers to ‘turn a new leaf’ in energy policy and stop funding Drax power station,...
(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....
Coal Bioenergy Fracking POST Event Update: Extreme Energy Gathering in Leeds on Sat 4th June 2016 Thank you to all who attended this successful event. If anyone else would like to join the new local campaign against Drax, please get in touch –...