Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung: Hamburger Kraftwerk Tiefstack: Pläne zur klimaschädlichen Holzverbrennung stoppen!// Umweltorganisationen fordern ein Ende des Greenwashings und volle Transparenz zu den Plänen / CO2-freie Alternativen müssen offen diskutiert werden...
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Sustainable Biomass Program: Certifying paperwork without looking at the forest
Joint report by Biofuelwatch, Comite Schone Lucht, Dogwood Alliance, and Estonian Fund for Nature en Leefmilieu Click here to download the full report (updated May 2023) Click here to download the report in Dutch (updated May 2023) Executive Summary Dutch pellet...
UK 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 - for immediate release - 28th November 2022 - Today, Biofuelwatch has released a comprehensive report about carbon capture 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...
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...