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Beating Europe’s forests to a pulp
The scale of biomass-burning at the EU's pulp and paper mills - Joint Report by Biofuelwatch and Environmental Paper Network Click here to download the report as a pdf Summary This investigation aims to quantify the scale of primary woody biomass burning for energy...
NGO-Aktion vor dem Bundestag: Wälder stärken, nicht verheizen
Umweltorganisationen fordern konsequente Maßnahmen zur Erreichung von Deutschlands Klimazielen und zum Schutz der Wälder Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung vom 20.03.2025 zum morgigen internationalen Tag des Waldes von NABU, BUND, DUH, ROBIN WOOD, DNR, WWF, Greenpeace,...
Cuxhavens Wärmeversorgung darf nicht vom Holzheizkraftwerk abhängig werden!
Offener Brief von Cuxhavener und überregionalen Umweltorganisationen: Stadtrat soll Wärmeplan ohne Holzenergie verabschieden Cuxhaven, 12. März 2025: Cuxhavens Wärmeversorgung darf nicht von einem Holzheizkraftwerk abhängig werden. Das fordern Cuxhavener und...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Rapport sur le projet de biochar proposé par MIRAIA à Garlin
Le biochar constitue une nouvelle menace pour les forêts françaises In English Cliquez ici pour télécharger le rapport complet un forêt près de Sauveterre-de-de-Béarn (photo: Forêts Vivantes Pyrénées) Résumé La start-up MIRAIA souhaite construire six ou sept usines de...
Biochar poses new threats to forests in France
MIRAIA's Garlin biochar project - joint report by Biofuelwatch and Forêts Vivantes Pyrénées Click here to download the report En français A wood near Sauveterre-de-Béarn (photo: Forêts Vivantes Pyrénées) Executive Summary The start-up company MIRAIA wants to...
Infopapier über das von Hansekraft geplante Holz-HKW in Stade
Die Pläne für ein riesiges Altholzkraftwerk in Stade Gemeinsames Infopapier von NABU, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, ROBIN WOOD, Biofuelwatch, unterstützt von der BI Bützfleth Bürgerinitiative für eine umweltfreundliche Industrie Hier klicken um das Papier herunterzuladen In...
Responses
Response to Hydrogen-Ready Industrial Boilers – Call For Evidence
Biofuelwatch Response to Call For Evidence on Hydrogen-Ready Industrial Boilers, 27th January 2022
NIC Call for Evidence on Greenhouse Gas Removal Technologies
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NGO joint statement on BECCS at Drax
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Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Open Letter to Vattenfall urging them to stop burning carbon including wood
Letter to Ms Anna Borg, Vattenfall CEO, CC to Mr Martijn Hagens (CEO Vattenfall Netherlands), Mr Alexander Van Ofwegen (Director of Heat Vattenfall Netherlands), Ms Tanja Wielgoss (Chairwoman of the Board Vattenfall Wärme Berlin AG), Mr Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson,...
Joint Letter to UK Secretary of State for Transport: Prioritising food security over biofuels
Dear Mr Shapps, 24th March 2022 - As the world looks with growing horror at the invasion of Ukraine, decisive and urgent action is needed to mitigate the dramatic impact this conflict is having, not only on the people of the Ukraine, but also far beyond. An area of...
No to Nature-Based Solutions Dispossessions!
27 September 2021 - Big climate polluters like Shell and Nestlé are peddling a dangerous scam. They say they canbring their greenhouse gas emissions down to zero and keep burning fossil fuels, mine more ofthe planet, and increase industrial meat and dairy production....