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Press releases – Europe (except UK)

27.04.22

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...
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21.10.20

International groups warn that new German subsidies for coal-to biomass conversions could cause damage to forests around the world

21st...
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15.09.20

NGO investigation puts European Investment Bank’s due diligence process for large biomass plant loan into question

15th September 2020 – An investigative report published today by...
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23.07.20

YOUGOV POLL: JUST 23% OF BRITONS BELIEVE BURNING WOOD FOR ELECTRICITY SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS ‘RENEWABLE ENERGY’

As the COVID‐19 lockdown is eased, the British public believes the...
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09.07.20

International Forest Campaigners Urge Dutch Government to Act following SER’s Advice to Phase Out Biomass Power and Heat

9th July 2020 – US American and Estonian forest campaigners welcome...
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08.05.20

Biomass report by Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency slammed as a “greenwash” by international environment campaigners  

Amsterdam, 8th May, 2020 – Today’s publication of a long-awaited biomass...
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28.02.19

Environmental groups from around the world urge French Government to ensure coal power plants are shut down, not converted to biomass

Paris, 28th February 2019 – An Open Letter by 46 environmental...
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31.01.19

Press release: Open Letter Calls on Ireland to Reject West Offaly Power Station extension and biomass conversion

Groups Demand Ireland Protect Forests & Our Climate Open Letter Calls...
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09.01.19

Finland’s Neste set to drive aviation palm oil deforestation, new report shows

9th January 2019 – A report published by the environmental NGO...
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13.08.18

Irish biomass plans for peat power stations “pose serious threat to our forests” US environmental groups warn

Press release by An Taisce, Dogwood Alliance and Biofuelwatch Irish biomass...
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19.09.17

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...
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23.06.17

Portugal’s Wildfires: a Result of the Timber Industry

              Wildfires in Portugal have...
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