New study about carbon debt of biomass sourced from the SE US shows 35-50 year carbon debt compared to fossil fuels by Southern Environmental Law Center together with Biomass Energy Resource Center, Forest Guild and Spatial Informatics Group Click here for a...
Biomass (solid)
Community group against biomass plant wins award
Toxics Action Center issues environmental leadership awards to local groups opposed to Springfield biomass plant
Biofuelwatch article about biomass, Ecologist
Stop the biomass blackout: Say no to destructive bioenergy policies, Ian Lander, Biofuelwatch
Barrow-in-Furness Biomass Power Station: Local and Global Threats
Read our briefing on a 80MW Biomass Power Station Proposed for Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria here
US EPA ignores biomass in emissions data from power stations
The U.S. EPA has just released its “2010 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Large Facilities.” Emissions from biomass are still not included in these national inventories. A “Request for Correction of Information”, submitted back in July 2010 by the Center for...
Big Green Lies
Big Green Lies, Biofuelwatch Factsheet on Bioenergy and Agrofuels updated for UNFCCC COP in Durban, November 2011
Joint UK NGO letter re Committee on Climate Change Review
Open Letter by RSPB, Friends of the Earth, ActionAid, Greenpeace, Biofuelwatch and Oxfam to Lord turner, Chair of the UK Committee on Climate Change, which is conducting a Bioenergy Review.
Bioenergy and waste incineration in the Renewables Obligation and DECC Consultation
Bioenergy and waste incineration in the Renewables Obligation and DECC Consultation Biofuelwatch briefing about UK subsidies for electricity from biofuels, biomass and waste incineration in England and Wales and about proposals contained in a DECC consultation which...
Bionenergy and Waste Incineration in the Renewables Obligation: A Summary of Impacts
Bionenergy and Waste Incineration in the Renewables Obligation: A Summary of Impacts This Biofuelwatch briefing summarises key impacts of subsidies for electricity from bioenergy and waste incineration on climate change, biodiversity, air pollution and public health,...
EEA Scientific Committee criticises EU bioenergy climate claims
The European Environment Agency's Scientific Committee has strongly criticised EU policy assumptions about greenhouse gas savings from both biofuels and biomass. Click here to read their published opinion.
Biofuelwatch Briefing: ‘The Reality Project’ on the Isle of Wight – Local and global threats
Biofuelwatch Briefing: ‘The Reality Project’ on the Isle of Wight – Local and global threats
Biofuelwatch briefing: Biomass power station in Blyth
Biofuelwatch Briefing about a proposed 100 MW biomass power station by RES Biomass Energy in North Blyth.
IIED: Biomass energy: Another driver of land acquisitions?
IIED briefing: "Biomass energy: Another driver of land acquisitions?" As governments in the global North look to diversify their economies away from fossil fuel and mitigate climate change, plans for biomass energy are growing fast. These are fuelling a sharp rise in...
Briefing about Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS): Updated Biofuelwatch briefing for Rio+20 (June 2012) En Espanol: La Bioenergía con Captura y Almacenamiento de Carbono (BCAC) NO debería ser promovida por el CDB (Junio 2012)
Clearcut disaster: Carbon Loophole Threatens US Forests
Clearcut disaster: Carbon Loophole Threatens US Forests, Mary Booth and Richard Wiles, Environmental Working Group
Wood-based Bioenergy: The Green Lie, May 2010
Report by the Global Forest Coalition
Burn up the biosphere – And call it renewable energy?
A presentation with notes (8Mb!), Rachel Smolker, Biofuelwatch
Industrial Bioenergy – More Plantations and Industrial Logging to Fuel Power Stations?
Biofuelwatch factsheet in English and in Spanish. The physician’s instructions must be strictly followed in order to decrease the likelihood of adverse effects. If you have used drug regularly or on a long-term basis, withdrawal symptoms (like attacks) can emerge if...