New report exposes claims made about bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to be based on hype, not real-world experience 28th November 2022 - Today, Biofuelwatch has released a comprehensive report about carbon capture from biomass power and heat plants...
Press Releases
Klare Haltung gegen EU-Anreize für Holzverbrennung in Kraftwerken gefordert
Protest vor Bundeswirtschaftsministerium in Berlin zum Internationalen Aktionstag gegen das industrielle Verfeuern von Biomasse 21. Oktober 2022 Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von ROBIN WOOD, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Biofuelwatch und NABU Am heutigen internationalen...
Holzverfeuerung in Lausitzer Kohlekraftwerken
Umweltorganisationen warnen vor Klima- und Umweltauswirkungen / Aktuelle LEAG-Pläne zu sogenanntem Co-Firing bedrohen Klima und Wälder / Umweltorganisationen fordern Bepreisung von CO2 aus Holzverbrennung, Stopp aller Ausbaupläne für das Verfeuern von Holz in...
Press Release: Climate justice campaigners denounce Drax-sponsored events at Labour Party Conference
Photo by Axe Drax Biofuelwatch, The Axe Drax Group and The Stop Burning Trees Coalition Press Release Climate justice campaigners denounce Drax-sponsored events at Labour Party Conference 27th September 2022 - Climate justice campaigners and Labour Party members...
Press release: Environmental Groups from Netherlands and 5 pellet supplying countries urge much faster wood biomass phaseout
Environmental groups from countries supplying wood pellets to The Netherlands demand a much faster and more comprehensive phase out of wood bioenergy subsidies than planned - for immediate release - Amsterdam, 20th June 2022 – 31 environmental organisations in the...
Environmental and climate justice campaigner hold Day of Action urging Vattenfall to move Beyond Burning
Street protests in Germany, Netherlands and UK accompanied by international social media action, denouncing Vattenfall’s investments in wood bioenergy as well as continued fossil fuel burning 27th April 2022 - Today, ahead of tomorrow’s Vattenfall AGM, banner protests...
Climate justice campaigners denounce Drax’s tree burning at AGM demonstrations
27th April 2022 - Forest and climate justice campaigners across the UK are taking part in online and in-person demonstrations today to call on the world’s biggest wood-burning company, Drax, to “Stop Burning Trees”. The protests are to coincide with the Drax Group’s...
Aviation Biofuels: Mega-Refinery Threatens Local Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Paraguay, New Case Study shows
Press Release Aviation Biofuels: Mega-Refinery Threatens Local Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Paraguay, New Case Study shows Omega Green agrofuel (biofuel) refinery in Paraguay is one of largest agrofuel refineries in the world and the first one in South America...
Campaigners: Drax must cease buying Belarussian wood pellets today and stop their help in funding the war against Ukraine
London, 4th March – While the CEO of Drax says “our thoughts are with the Ukrainian people” [1], his company’s announcement to stop pellet imports from Russia but not from Belarus [2] means that they’re continuing to trade with one of the two countries...
CAMPAIGNERS PROTEST AGAINST DRAX AS IT FACES CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OVER RISKING WORKERS’ HEALTH
Axe Drax Press Release - Leeds 10.02.2022 CAMPAIGNERS PROTEST AGAINST DRAX AS IT FACES CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OVER RISKING WORKERS' HEALTH Climate justice campaigners have been demonstrating online and outside Leeds Crown Court today in support of health and safety...
CAMPAIGNERS PROTEST AGAINST DRAX AS IT FACES CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OVER RISKING WORKERS’ HEALTH
Photo by Axe Drax Axe Drax Press Release Leeds 30th November 2021 Climate justice campaigners have been taking part in demonstrations online and at Leeds Magistrates Court today in support of health and safety charges against Drax Power Station, the UK’s largest...
Drax ‘burns its way through COP’ – campaigners demonstrate at forest greenwashing event
Glasgow 10th November 2021 - Climate justice campaigners have been taking part in demonstrations at COP26 in Glasgow today outside a World Bioenergy Association event featuring Drax, [1] and other bioenergy industry executives, to call for an end to Drax Power...
Press release: Keep bioenergy out of the Energy Charter Treaty, say 58 groups
Keep bioenergy out of the Energy Charter Treaty, say 58 groups Including bioenergy within the Energy Charter Treaty would make this harmful treaty even worse - Embargoed for 11 am CEST, 6th July 2021 - Brussels/Amsterdam/London - 6 July, 2021 - 58 civil society...
Drax Plc’s carbon capture claims not based on any real-world evidence, company reveals to campaigners
Drax’s carbon capture announcements claims appear motivated by quest for new multi-billion pound subsidies, environmental campaigners warn For immediate release London, 14th June 2021 - The environmental campaign group Biofuelwatch is today publishing...
Drax admits lack of any real-world evidence for capturing carbon from their biomass units
WRITTEN Responses from Drax Consultation Team 15/3/2021 Drax has also responded to questions from Biofuelwatch during a consultation in November 2021, in which it admitted a shocking lack of data about its own BECCS proposals. [Comments/explanations in green added by...
Media release: Climate justice activists stage international “Forests Are Not Fuel” online protest during Drax’s AGM
21st April 2021, 11am For immediate release Forest and climate justice activists around the world are taking part in an online and physically distanced protest today to coincide with Drax Plc’s Annual General Meeting. Drax operates the world’s largest biomass power...
NEW BOOK UNCOVERS CRITICAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY FLAWS AHEAD OF EARTH DAY
At a time when governments are rolling out climate change policies around the world, activists and experts from climate and environmental justice groups across North America and globally are explaining why real climate solutions must go beyond the greening of...
Climate and Forest Groups warn Drax shareholders against acquisition of Pinnacle Pellets
Climate and Forest Groups warn Drax shareholders against acquisition of Pinnacle Pellets, as a new investigation reveals risk of Pinnacle pellet mills turning some of last remaining primary forests in Canada into wood pellets New maps show critical primary forests and...