Biomass Briefing, Nary Booth, Massachusetts Environmental Energy Alliance
Report, briefings and presentations
Biochar: Can Charcoal Really Stop Global Warming?
Biochar: Can Charcoal Really Stop Global Warming?, Almuth Ernsting, The Ecologist
Biofuels for Aviation
More future land grabbing and deforestation for agrofuels to justify today’s airport expansion? Report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch, updated June 2009
Blue NG / 2OC
Report : "Blue NG / 2OC inconsistencies, misinformation and spin", Biofulwatch/Food not Fuel Report : "Blue-NG / 2OC: Opening up a new agrofuel market for power generation in the UK", Biofuelwatch
Shell biofuels
Report by Biofuelawtch about Shell's investments in agrofuels
Agrofuels in the Americas
Online book (2.88 MB), edited by Richard Jonasse, Food First.
Biochar: A New Big Threat to People, Land and Ecosystems
A declaration signed by around 150 organisations worldwide
The Greening of Aviation
Presentation to AirportWatch conference. PowerPoint presentation (2.6MB) Presentation with notes (Word document, 4.2MB)
Massachusetts Forests at the Crossroads
Massachusetts Forests at the Crossroads: Forests, Parks, Landscapes, Environment, Quality of Life, Communities and Economy Threatened by Industrial Scale Logging & Biomass Power, Massachusetts Forest Watch, report, March 2009
Profit at any Cost: A battle between big business and sustainable lifestyles – Northern Ghana
Report by Deepak Rughani, Biofuelwatch
Biochar for Climate Change Mitigation: Fact or Fiction?
A briefing paper by Almuth Ernsting and Rachel Smolker. Please note that information contained in this briefing has been substantially updated in the 2011 report Biochar: A Critical Review of Science and Policy.
Campaigners to hand over more than 10,000 signatures for release of Indonesian palm oil campaigner: EU Renewable Energy Directive implicated in Human Rights Abuse in Sumatra
Joint press release by Biofuelwatch, Down to Earth, Rettet den Regenwald e.V. Watch Indonesia!
Biomass and Biofuels in the EU Renewable Energy Directive
Report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch
Climate Geo-engineering with ‘Carbon Negative’ Bioenergy
This is a critical analysis of proposals for 'carbon negative' bioenergy, including biochar (agrichar) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, as a means of reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and mitigating climate change. It includes a wider...
Did the FSC pass the practical test or is it on the wrong track?
Presentation by Chris Lang
UK-based agrofuel companies
Who is behind the Agrofuel Industry in the UK? Read a summary of companies and other organisations involved in the agrofuel industry in the UK , Biofuelwatch View a map of all biofuel refineries in the UK, except for those that solely use waste vegetable oil. UK...
Certified unsustainable? Observations on the first three RSPO certificates
Report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch
Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) for Agrofuels
By Deepak Rughani A summary of studies on the climate change impacts of agrofuels. Download