Campaign to STOP GE Trees – Sign On to Support the call by Brazilian and Latin American groups to reject G.E. eucalyptus trees: Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano wants to commercially plant Genetically Modified eucalyptus in Brazil. Suzano is responsible...
Biomass Emergency - Video by Reel News, UK It's as dangerous as fracking - it'll mean deaths in the almost exclusively working class areas where it's happening - it produces up to 50% more carbon emissions than coal - it's destroying vital hardwood forests - it's...
A slist of peer-reviewed studies, NGO reports, briefings and letters on biomass See also: Map of UK biomass power stations Frequently Asked Questions Biomass Sustainability Standards – a Credible Tool for Avoiding Negative Impacts from Large-scale Bioenergy?, joint...
RWE’s biomass power station in Markinch: What might the environmental and public health impacts be?, Biofuelwatch briefing, updated October 2014
+ Drax have been guaranteed subsidies for converting a second of their six coal power station units to biomass. Each converted unit will require pellets made from 5.5 million tonnes of wood [1] - that is wood from slow-growing whole trees, the only type of biomass...
Intergovernmental Climate Report Leaves Hopes Hanging on Fantasy Technology, Truth Out, article by Rachel Smolker
Trees, Trash, and Toxics: How Biomass Energy Has Become the New Coal, by Mary S. Booth, Partnership for Policy Integrity
Biomass Sustainability Standards – a Credible Tool for Avoiding Negative Impacts from Large-scale Bioenergy? Briefing by Biofuelwatch, Global Forest Coalition and Econexus
Note: The information in the briefing was accurate in 2014, at the time of publication. There have been changes since then and Biofuelwatch intends to publish an update following an expected further Government announcement expected in December 2015. Subsidising...
Biochar's Unproven Claims A 3-page factsheet summing up the main findings of the 2011 Biofuelwatch report "Biochar: A Critical Report of Science and Policy" as well as recent scientific and policy developments, substantially updated 1st July 2013
Proposed public loan guarantees for a biomass power station in Avonmouth - Biofuelwatch briefing
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation To generate the data used in the deprivation study included in "Biomass: The Chain of Destruction", a measurement called the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) was used. The IMD is a qualitative study of deprived areas in the UK,...
Genetically Engineered Trees: The New Frontier of Biotechnology, Report by Center for Food Safety
Biofuelwatch has released a new report, Biomass: The Chain of Destruction. It explores the global impacts of the UK's biomass boom, looking at what the current demand for biomass for electricity, supportive Government policy and resulting speculative investments mean,...
Many thanks to all who came to our public meeting A Burning Issue: Biomass and its impacts on forests and communities. If you missed it, below you'll find links to the presentations delivered by speakers and videos of the event. If you'd like to download the report,...
Wood Bioenergy: Green Land Grabs For Dirty ‘Renewable’ Energy, report written by Rachel Smolker for Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch
FSC Consultation and Complaint Procedure: the case of Veracel Celulose in Brazil, World Rainforest Movement
Biochar: Black Gold or Just Another Snake Oil Scheme?, Rachel Smolker, Earth Island Journal