Wood Bioenergy: Green Land Grabs For Dirty ‘Renewable’ Energy, report written by Rachel Smolker for Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch
Report, briefings and presentations
FSC Consultation and Complaint Procedure: the case of Veracel Celulose in Brazil
FSC Consultation and Complaint Procedure: the case of Veracel Celulose in Brazil, World Rainforest Movement
Biochar: Black Gold or Just Another Snake Oil Scheme?
Biochar: Black Gold or Just Another Snake Oil Scheme?, Rachel Smolker, Earth Island Journal
Enviva’s Wood Pellet Mill in Ahoskie, North Carolina Threatens Endangered Ecosystems and Wildlife
Enviva’s Wood Pellet Mill in Ahoskie, North Carolina Threatens Endangered Ecosystems and Wildlife, NRD and Dogwood Alliance report
Science or Propaganda: New hype about Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage
Science or Propaganda: New hype about Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage, Almuth Ernsting, Hands Off Mother Earth blog
Biochar: A Cause for Concern?
Biochar: A Cause for Concern?, Almuth Ernsting, The Ecologist Blog
Out of the Frying Pan
The article below appeared in the July/August edition of the Ecologist & Resurgence publication. It can be accessed here Burning wood is not the solution to climate change. Under the guise of ‘green energy’, burning wood in power stations has become a massive...
UK Government response to the campaign against Green Investment Bank funding for big biomass
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has asked us to publish their response to our campaign against Green Investment Bank funding for big biomass and biofuels. Please click here to download a copy of their response. We believe that the response...
Biofuelwatch briefing about the Scottish Government’s decision to approve Forth Energy’s Grangemouth biomass application
Update: Forth Energy eventually abandoned plans for biomass power stations in Scotland. The planning consent granted for this plant in Grangemouth expired in 2019: https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2018/grangemouth-success/ Biofuelwatch briefing: Will the Scottish...
Food for fuels? Last chance lobbying for the agrofuels industry
Food for fuels? Last chance lobbying for the agrofuels industry, Report by Corporate Europe Observatory
Tree plantations and bioenergy with carbon capture: far from “safe” geoengineering
Tree plantations and bioenergy with carbon capture: far from “safe” geoengineering, article by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch for Hands off Mother Earth website
Battersea Against Biofuels
LATEST: 5.11.2013 The Developers are holding an informal public consultation prior to applying for planning permission for Phase 2. They write: 'Following a review of proposed fuels for the energy centre the use of first generation bio-oil as a fuel source is no...
RBS funding for big biomass
The Royal Bank of Scotland: Greening Its Image with False Renewable Energy Projects.
Briefing about Forth Energy’s proposed biomass power station for Dundee
Forth Energy’s proposed biomass power station for Dundee: A closer look at the company’s claims about air quality impacts, sustainability, efficiency and jobs, and why this is happening, Joint briefing by Biofuelwatch and Friends of the Earth Tayside
Biofuels – At what cost?
Biofuels - At what cost? A review of costs and benefits of EU biofuels policies, Global Subsidies Initiative and International Institute for Sustainable Development
The Green Investment Bank: Still Banking on Big Biomass
Biofuelwatch meets with representatives of the bank to discuss their investments into big biomass. On the 20th of March Biofuelwatch were invited to attend a meeting with the Green Investment Bank (GIB). The request came in response to an e-alert that Biofuelwatch...
Eco-Skies: The Global Rush for Aviation Biofuel
Eco-Skies: The Global Rush for Aviation Biofuel, report by Oakland Institute
Briefing to MPs about ROCs for biofuel/palm oil
Urgent briefing to MPs: Bioliquids and the Draft Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2013 , Sumatra Orangutan Society, ActionAid UK, Friends of the Eearth, Biofuelwatch, ACSEB, NOPE Please note that the ROCs proposals have now been approved hence the briefing...