For presentations and videos of the event please see here. When: Tuesday, 29th October 2013, 7-9pm Facebook Where: Lumen Centre, 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RS (close to St Pancras Station) http://www.lumenurc.org.uk/lumencontact.htm What: Speakers from...
Biofuelwatch targets Green Bank with banner protest and questions at first year review over biomass concerns Banners outside GIB AGM
A week of protests is under way against the International Tree Biotechnology 2013 conference in Asheville, North Carolina, from 25th May to 1st June. ArborGen, one of the conference sponsors, wants to commercially sell millions of GE eucalyptus trees in seven southern...
Opponents of genetically engineered (GE) trees join March Against Monsanto Joint press release by Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered (GE) Trees, Global Justice Ecology Project, Earth First!, Dogwood Alliance, Biofuelwatch, Global Forest Coalition, REAL...
On the 14th of May Biofuelwatch joined Friends of the Earth Scotland at the RBS headquarters in Edinburgh to hold the bank to account for its dirty investments into fossil fuels and big biomass. In reaction to negative publicity and increasing public pressure, RBS has...
UPDATE: Please also see the International Open Letter: Converting coal plans to burn biomass only replaces one disaster with another For a background briefing about Coal-to-Biomass Conversions in the UK, click here. For immediate use 24th April 2013 50 people are...
[add-this] 24th April // 12:00 // The Grocers’ Hall, Princes Street, London EC2R 8AD // Drax is planning to convert half of their coal power station (the UK's biggest) to burning biomass - most of it imported wood. They are hoping this will secure the long-term future...
[add-this] Campaigners have handed a petition with over 6,600 signatures against subsidies (ROCs) for electricity from biofuels to the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The petition was supported by ActionAid, Friends of the Earth, Sumatran Orangutan Society,...
Cross Party MSPs join rally to move earth beyond unsustainable energy (Scotland)
6th December 2008 - About 40 people held a banner protest outside the Greenergy office, 198 High Holburn, London. Greenergy are the biggest supplier of agrofuels in the UK, using palm oil as well as soya. The protestors were joined by cyclists taking part in the...
Protestors scaled the roof and walls at this exhibition and protested at the gate through which all attendees were passing. Despite claims to be focussing on 'good' biofuels it was attended by companies promoting and benefitting from agrofuel expansion. The home...
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Click here for solidarity statement: Biofuelwatch expresses serious concerns about Edinburgh Police harassment of peaceful protest. The April 15th actions on agrofuels has also been covered by Earth First! reports at http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/20546....
Joint Press Release by Biofuelwatch and Campaign Against Climate Change.
EVENTS: Click for: Aberdeen Axminster Brighton Bromborough (including video) Cambridge Cheltenham Edinburgh Epsom London - Greenergy offices Manchester Norwich (including video) Oxford Stroud Teesside/Yarm York Axminster A banner protest and leafletting happened...
[singlepic id=94] [singlepic id=95] (photos from Friends of the Earth International) Videos Indymedia article World Bank Protest, Bali, 12th December 2007. Indymedia article Photos Press release Plantations protest, Bali, 13th December 2007. Press release Protest...
Indymedia article [singlepic id=160] Watch biofuelwatch's Andrew Boswell's speech at the London Climate Change march:
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