Joint statement and press release: Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown Long-term risks and threats of GE trees remain unanswered Joint Statement by Global Justice Ecology Project, Indigenous Environmental Network, Rural Coalition,...
Press Releases
UN plans for aviation biofuels and carbon offsets condemned by 90 organisations worldwide
UN plans for aviation biofuels and carbon offsets condemned by 90 organisations worldwide - For immediate release – 90 organisations from 35 countries have called on the UN’s International Civil Aviation Agency (ICAO) to ditch plans for aviation biofuels and carbon...
Planes de la ONU de usar combustibles para la aviación y compensaciones de carbono condenados por 90 organizaciones de todo el mundo
Planes de la ONU de usar combustibles para la aviación y compensaciones de carbono condenados por 89 organizaciones de todo el mundo - Para su publicación inmediata – 90 organizaciones de 35 países hacen un llamamiento a la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional...
Renewable energy subsidy rule changes rule out inefficient biomass combined heat and power projects
London 7 June 2018 From Biofuelwatch[1] For immediate release. New rule changes, published yesterday, to conditions for Contracts for Difference for combined heat and power plants that burn wood [2] stipulate that they should be at least 70% efficient (instead of the...
Drax’s biomass carbon capture announcement exposes fallacy of BECCS
Drax’s biomass carbon capture announcement exposes fallacy of supposed climate fix, campaigners say 21st May 2018 - The environmental campaign group Biofuelwatch [1] slams Drax Power Station’s announcement of a pilot carbon capture project at one of its biomass...
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...
Masked forest flashmob targets world’s biggest biomass burners at conference in London
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...
New Report Reveals Dangers and Inconsistencies in Uskmouth Power Station Plans
For immediate release 5th April 2018 For further info: Elizabeth Snook, Biofuelwatch 07595 506673 lizthesnook@googlemail.com New Report Reveals Dangers and Inconsistencies in Uskmouth Power Station Plans A new report launched today by Biofuelwatch brings into...
New report: Grangemouth biomass plant may not be financially viable
PRESS RELEASE 25th October 2017 Grangemouth biomass plant may not be financially viable The new Grangemouth Renewable Energy plant, a biomass CHP (combined heat-and-power) plant, may not be able to be built due to a shortfall in funding, according to a new report....
UK Clean Growth Strategy based on dangerous illusions and false solutions – bioenergy
London 12 October 2017 From Biofuelwatch[1] For immediate release. The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy relies on growth of technologies that are not clean and one that is not feasible. The Clean Growth Strategy[2] speaks throughout of ‘sustainable biomass’, ‘clean’...
Almost 100 Organisations Worldwide Condemn UN Aviation Agency’s Biofuel Plans
Almost 100 Organisations Worldwide Condemn UN Aviation Agency’s Biofuel Plans London, Embargoed for 10th October, 00:01 AM BST (midnight from Monday to Tuesday) An in-depth report released by Biofuelwatch last week [4] shows that feedstocks (raw materials used to...
Forests not Fuel! Bioenergy conference greeted by forest and climate protesters
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...
Joint Press Release: Danish Pension Fund’s green credentials questioned due to investments that promote burning forests to generate electricity
Biofuelwatch - Dogwood Alliance - NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark - Verdens Skove - Markets for Change FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 21 September, 2017 Danish Pension Fund’s green credentials questioned due to investments that promote burning forests to generate...
Environmental campaigners denounce new “subsidies for forest destruction and air pollution”
11th September 2017 - Following today’s announcement of new subsidies for renewable electricity [1] – called Contracts for Difference [2] – environmental campaign group Biofuelwatch [3] denounces a subsidies award for a large new biomass power station in Grangemouth,...
Joint Press: Planning Inspectorate accused of ignoring Egnedol gasifier impacts on Milford Haven residents and workers
Planning Inspectorate accused of ignoring the health and safety of Milford Haven residents and workers in controversial biomass and waste gasifier application -For immediate release - 8th September 2017 - Environmental campaigners have today sent an Open Letter...
What state-of-the-art trains? Power station’s sloppy supply chain covers roads with wood dust
Monday 28th August 2017 A press release from Action North Killingholme In recent weeks, residents of North & South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire, have been subjected to 24-hour heavy traffic leaving trails of wood dust and bits of pellets strewn on their roads...
Briefing : Drax’s Coal-to-Biomass conversion increases emissions of dangerous small particles
11th August 2017 Read the report here: Drax and air quality briefing 2017 A new investigation by Biofuelwatch has discovered that since Drax Power Station's part-conversion to burning wood pellets, emissions of dangerous dust particles have increased by 135%. The...
US Dept. of Agriculture Receives Near Unanimous Public Rejection of GE Trees
Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network 19 July 2017 New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen faces near unanimous opposition to commercial deregulation of their...