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Nearly 80 environmental organisations call on data centre companies: “Don’t Partner with Drax”
14th May 2026 - An open letter signed by 78 environmental organisations has today been sent to 108 companies that operate or are planning to invest in data centres in the UK, urging them to refrain from partnering with Drax Group. The groups that have signed the...
Energiewende: Holzverbrennung ist auch ökonomisch nicht nachhaltig
Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von ROBIN WOOD, NABU, Biofuelwatch und 180° Wärmewende Leipzig Pressemitteilung, 24. April 2026Zum morgigen Tag des Baumes 2026 warnen die Umweltorganisationen ROBIN WOOD, NABU und Biofuelwatch sowie die Initiative 180° Wärmewende Leipzig...
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation Groups Urge Governments to Reject Biofuels in Shipping Decarbonization Plans
PRESS RELEASE Conservation Groups Urge Governments to Reject Biofuels in Shipping Decarbonization Plans As the International Maritime Organization negotiations open in London, a group of conservation organisations calls on governments to reject biofuels as a...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Lost in the Woods Report: Converting Biomass to Hydrogen is Hard, Expensive, Dirty and Dangerous
Biofuelwatch has published a new briefing report titled ‘Lost in the Woods: Mendocino Redwood Company Quietly Abandons Investment Plans for Biomass to Hydrogen Project.’ The report describes a proposed biomass to hydrogen project that was to be sited, built and...
Lost in the Woods: Mendocino Redwood Company Quietly Abandons Investment Plans for Biomass to Hydrogen Project.
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Schwarze Holzpellets für CEMEX in Rüdersdorf
Gemeinsames Infopapier von NABU, Biofuelwatch und ROBIN WOOD Hier klicken um das Papier herunterzuladen. Für das Zementwerk der Cemex in Rüdersdorf nahe Berlin plant das Unternehmen gemeinsam mit dem Entsorgungsunternehmen Alba eine Anlage zur Biomasse-Torrefizierung...
Responses
Response to Drax’s written evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee
Joint response by Biofuelwatch and Stop Burning Trees Coalition, March 2026 Click here to download
Gemeinsame Stellungnahme zum geplanten Reuter West Holz HKW
Gemeinsame Stellungnahme zum Genehmigungsantrag für ein neues Holzheizkraftwerk in Reuter West, Berlin, BUND Berlin, NABU Berlin, GRÜNE LIGA Berlin, Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald Berlin, Berliner Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Naturschutz, Naturschutzzentrum Ökowerk...
Comments to the BSI on the standards for the quantification of greenhouse gas removals associated with BECCS on behalf of Biofuelwatch
Comments to the BSI on the standards for the quantification of greenhouse gas removals associated with BECCS on behalf of Biofuelwatch
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Open Letter to data centre companies: Don’t partner with Drax
Open Letter to Data Centre Operators and Investors 14th May 2026 - The 78 signatory organisations to this letter call on your company to refrain from partnering with Drax Group, either by entering into a power purchase agreement, or by developing a data centre on the...
Open Letter to European Investment Bank: Proposed loan to Croatian Forests
19th March 2026 Dear Sir/Madam, We are writing to share our concerns regarding the proposed 50 million Euro EIB loan to Hrvatske šume (HS below), which is currently under appraisal, and to urge you to reject this proposal. Our concerns, set out in detail below, relate...
NGO Open Letter on Crop Based Biofuels
Biofuelwatch have joined with a variety of other organisations across the environmental sector to respond to the government's consultation on crop-based biofuels in aviation. The letter emphasises the drawbacks of these feedstocks for sustainability and food security,...