PRESS RELEASE Conservation Groups Urge Governments to Reject Biofuels in Shipping Decarbonization Plans As the International Maritime Organization negotiations open in London, a group of conservation organisations calls on governments to reject biofuels as a...
Press releases – International Policies & Issues
New report from Biofuelwatch reveals how Neste, the oil major, covers for the damages from their greenwashed biofuel transition.
February 2026 – Biofuelwatch has released a new briefing report, delving into detail about the ways in which this company relies on greenwashing, opaque supply chains and unethical practices in its pursuit of biofuels. Entitled Neste’s Biofuels - Don’t Ask Don’t...
Campaigners Urge the IMO to Keep Biofuels Out of Net-Zero Framework
Joint press release by Global Forest Coalition, Forest Watch Indonesia and Biofuelwatch LONDON, 20 October 2025 – Biofuelwatch, Forest Watch Indonesia and Global Forest Coalition are calling the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to exclude harmful biofuels...
“Sustainable” biomass scheme greenlights deforestation, new report finds
World’s largest biomass certifier allows forest destruction and rising emissions under the guise of clean energy PRESS RELEASE July 31, 2025 (SEOUL, TOKYO, LONDON) – A new international report released today warns that forests worldwide are being cut down and burned...
ONG mundiales piden a la Organización Marítima Internacional que rechace los biocombustibles y se comprometa al uso de energías verdaderamente limpias
LONDRES / UTRECHT, 31 de marzo de 2025 – Antes de la última ronda de negociaciones de la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) (31 de marzo – 1 de abril ISWG-GHG-19, 7 – 11 de abril MEPC83) sobre medidas para lograr emisiones “netas cero” de gases de efecto...
Global NGOs Call on International Maritime Org to Reject Biofuels and Commit to Truly Clean Energy
LONDON / UTRECHT, 31 March 2025 – As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) prepares to finalize negotiations (31 March – 1 April ISWG-GHG-19, 7 – 11 April MEPC83) on key measures for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in international shipping,...
¿Convertir las selvas tropicales en combustible? Los grupos advierten a la OMI contra el desastre de los biocombustibles
Señalan al gobierno brasileño por liderar el impulso a los biocombustibles en la industria del transporte marítima LONDRES / UTRECHT, 17 de febrero de 2025 - La Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) y sus 176 Estados miembros deben oponerse al uso de los...
Putting Rainforests into Fuel Tanks? Groups Warn IMO Against Biofuel Disaster
Brazilian government called out for leading push for biofuels in the global shipping industry LONDON / UTRECHT, 17 February 2025 – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its 176 Member States must oppose the promotion of biofuels in international shipping...
New investigation shows Drax has sourced logs from British Columbia’s rarest Old Growth forests for its pellet mills
28th February 2024 - A new investigation [1] published today by Conservation North, Biofuelwatch and Bulkley Valley Stewardship Coalition reveals that, throughout 2023, Drax routinely sourced whole logs from logging Primary and Old Growth Forests, including from...
Press release about report on BECCS and carbon capture from waste incineration
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...
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...
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...
32 organisations worldwide call on BlackRock to drop Drax
A coalition of 32 environmental organisations worldwide has sent a letter to the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, asking it to divest from Drax Plc, owner of the world’s largest wood-burning power station in the UK, and to clarify its position on biomass...
As UN Climate COP launches in Madrid Activists in Chile Demand Rejection of Neoliberal Model and Removal of Chile from COP Presidency
From Global Justice Ecology Project and Biofuelwatch For Immediate Release: 2 December 2019 Español abajo Contact: Steve Taylor in the U.S. +1.314.210.1322 In Chile: Anne Petermann (English) +1.716.364.1188 Gary Graham Hughes (Spanish and English) +1.707.223...
Protests against International Aviation Emissions Strategy – Press Release
Planned protests in Montreal at International Aviation Assembly (24th of September to 4th of October) // New briefing exposes plans for palm oil in the airplane tank & aviation emissions scheme (CORSIA) as set to fail to reduce aviation emissions Montreal/ Vienna,...
Warning issued to investors: Forest biomass is risky business
Briefing by environmental groups highlights serious financial, legal and reputational risks 2nd May 2019 - The Environmental Paper Network [1], Global Forest Coalition [2] and Biofuelwatch [3] have today issued a briefing to investors [4] that highlights the...
Aviation biofuels made from wastes and residues cannot be scaled up, new report shows
Biofuelwatch report about aviation biofuel producer WorldEnergy boosts fears that large-scale biofuel use for aircraft would have to rely on palm oil 11th February 2019 - A new report [1] about aviation biofuels, published by the environmental NGO Biofuelwatch [2]...