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
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, Almuth Ernsting, Hands Off Mother Earth blog
Biochar: A Cause for Concern?, Almuth Ernsting, The Ecologist Blog
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...
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...
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, Report by Corporate Europe Observatory
Tree plantations and bioenergy with carbon capture: far from “safe” geoengineering, article by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch for Hands off Mother Earth website
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...
The Royal Bank of Scotland: Greening Its Image with False Renewable Energy Projects.
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? A review of costs and benefits of EU biofuels policies, Global Subsidies Initiative and International Institute for Sustainable Development
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, report by Oakland Institute