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Press Releases

19.10.16

Press Release: Climate justice campaigners urge new government department to ‘turn a new leaf’ and stop funding the UK’s single biggest carbon emitter, Drax

London, 19th October 2016 – Climate justice campaigners staged a...
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12.10.16

Green Investment Bank “to lose last vestiges of greenness” as a result of a Macquarie Bank takeover, environmental campaign groups warn

Joint press release by Biofuelwatch, UK Without Incineration Network and Coal...
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05.08.16

Sustainability certificate obtained by Drax ‘reveals UK biomass sustainability standards to be a scam’, say environmental campaigners

5th August 2016 – Biofuelwatch , an environmental campaigning organisation...
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30.06.16

E.On’s ambitious wood power station plans in France pose threat to forests

Open Letter: E.On’s ambitious wood power station plans in France pose...
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20.04.16

UK’s largest power station hit by simultaneous protests at AGM in London and in Yorkshire, protesters demanding an end to subsidies

For immediate release London, 20th April 2016 – Environmental and human...
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20.04.16

Press release: Drax targeted at power station in Yorkshire, on day of company AGM

Drax is the largest coal-fired power station and the single greatest...
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07.04.16

Civil society groups call on UN Agency to withdraw misleading report about second generation biofuel market

For Immediate Release: April 6th, 2016 Contact: Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch Co-Director,...
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17.02.16

Biofuelwatch releases critical report on Biomass Power Station Gasification Proposal in Milford Haven

Biofuelwatch press release for immediate use: 17 February 2016 Biofuelwatch releases...
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10.02.16

Destructive biofuels and wood-based biomass out of next Renewable Energy Directive say 120 organisations to EU renewables consultation

Campaigners say: False solutions to climate change do not cut emissions...
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16.12.15

The Nightmare Before Christmas – Future GE Chestnuts: Ho Ho NO!

The nightmare before Christmas: Future GE Chestnuts: Ho Ho NO!, Press...
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01.12.15

Report warns of science-fiction solution being promoted at Paris Climate Conference

Report warns of science-fiction solution being promoted at Paris Climate Conference...
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18.11.15

Coal phase-out must mean urgent closure of all coal power stations, including Drax, campaigners say

Press release by Biofuelwatch, Coal Action Network and Partnership for Policy...
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