Hull, 14th June 2019 – Last night, environmental campaigners greeted attendees of the 2019 Humber Renewables Awards ceremony [1] in Hessle, Hull with a banner protest against the presentation of one of the awards to Drax Plc, owners of the UK’s single biggest power...
Events and Protests
Drax Plc: a terrible candidate for the Humber Renewables Awards
Drax Plc has been shortlisted in two categories for the Humber Renewables Awards. Such awards should be going to businesses that invest in clean and low-carbon renewable energy – not to the owners of the UK’s single biggest CO2 emitter! While Drax likes to present...
#AxeDrax protests outside Drax AGM, Drax Power Station and in Sheffield
A colourful and musical protest was held outside Drax Plc's AGM on 17th April 2019. Simultaneous banner protests took place outside Drax power station in Yorkshire and in Sheffield. Campaigners denounced Drax for burning more wood than the UK produces every year, for...
Protesters denounce Drax’s ‘major contribution to UK climate change emissions’ outside company AGM
Two solidarity protests held outside Drax Power Station in York and in Sheffield London, 17th April – Climate justice campaigners held a colourful and musical protest outside Drax Plc’s Annual General Meeting in London earlier today, denouncing the company’s power...
Petition and Open Letter urge UK Government to stop Drax’s mega gas plans
A petition signed by over 96,000 people and an Open Letter signed by 92 environmental groups have been handed over to Greg Clark, Secretary of State at te Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The petition and letter urge Greg Clark to refuse...
Next biomass documentary screenings
“What we’re up against is that our economic system values forest destruction over forest protection, and at the end of the day that’s what we have to change.” – Danna Smith, Dogwood Alliance If you're new to the issues around large scale biomass, or are trying to...
The Dark Side of the Bioeconomy: Climate Catastrophe, Forest Destruction, and Human Rights Abuses
Over 120 Organisations from 40 countries hold day of action to reject the “BioFuture Platform” (November 7, 2018) - An international coalition of more than 120 organisations from 40 countries today warns that the rapid global growth of the so-called bioeconomy poses a...
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...
Burned: Are Trees the New Coal? Documentary
“Burned: are trees the new coal" “What we're up against is that our economic system values forest destruction over forest protection, and at the end of the day that's what we have to change.” - Danna Smith, Dogwood Alliance An award-winning documentary by independent...
International Day of Action on Bioenergy
18th October is an International Day of Action against Bioenergy, called by the Dogwood Alliance, Markets for Change, Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch and other allies around the world. Whether it’s US Southeastern forests clearcut to make wood pellet biomass for...
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...
Social movements in Chile oppose GE trees, plantations
Last month, Chilean social movements welcomed the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Tree Biotechnology 2017 conference with a week of action aimed at strengthening the movement against monoculture tree plantations and genetically engineered...
#AxeDrax AGM protests
On 13th April, Biofuelwatch and our allies from the Coal Action Network, Fuel Poverty Action, London Mining Network as well as Yorkshire and Liverpool campaigners against dirty energy staged three simultaneous protests to coincide with Drax Plc's Annual...
Protesters against Drax in London, York and Liverpool say divest from biomass, coal and gas
Protestors against Drax Plc in York, Liverpool and London say Divest from Biomass, Coal and Gas! 13th April 2017 Scores of people around the country are protesting against Drax Plc on the day of its AGM today, with three simultaneous demonstrations in London,...
Media Advisory: simultaneous protests in three locations on the day of Drax’s AGM
For Thursday 13th April 2017 On Thursday, 13th April, anti-coal and biomass campaigners will be staging simultaneous protests outside Drax Plc's Annual General Meeting in York, and outside the offices of Drax’s two largest investors in the city of London. Local people...
Axe Drax AGM demonstration, 13 April 2017, London and York
Drax is a dangerous waste of bill payers' money, receiving ~£1.5 million in subsidies every day to destroy forests and contribute to climate change. Drax burns more wood than any other power station in the world, and more coal than any in the UK. 13th April, the day...
EN EL DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LOS BOSQUES, LA FAO CELEBRA EL TALARLOS PARA PRODUCIR ENERGÍA
El 21 de marzo ha sido declarado como el Día Internacional de los Bosques por la ONU. Sorprendentemente, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO por sus siglas en inglés), ha decidido celebrar este día promoviendo los “Bosques...