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Internationaler Aktionstag gegen Holzverbrennung in Kraftwerken
Protestaktionen gegen das Verbrennen von Holz in Kraftwerken in sechs Städten in Deutschland Pressemitteilung Weltweit protestieren heute Umwelt- und Klimaschutzgruppen dagegen, dass riesige Mengen Holz in (Heiz-)Kraftwerken verbrannt werden, darunter auch in sechs...
Deutschland muss die Verbrennung von Waldholz endlich eindämmen!
RED III: Deutschland muss die Verbrennung von Waldholz endlich eindämmen Offener Brief der Umweltverbände an Robert Habeck zur EU-Erneuerbare-Energien-Richtlinie Berlin/Straßburg, 14.9.2023: Anlässlich der finalen Abstimmung über die Novelle der...
Deutschland muss die Verbrennung von Waldholz endlich eindämmen!
Abstimmung über die Novelle der EU-Erneuerbare-Energien-Richtlinie (RED III) / Offener Brief der Umweltverbände an Robert Habeck zur EU-Erneuerbare-Energien-Richtlinie 14. September 2023 Anlässlich der finalen Abstimmung über die Novelle der...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Plantažni zasadi kratke ophodnje: nema isplative opcije za razvoj novih postrojenja na plantažnu biomasu u Bosni i Hercegovini
Kliknite ovdje za preuzimanje Sažetak: Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) predlaže da se dvije elektrane na ugalj u Bosni i Hercegovini u jednom dijelu konvertuju u postrojenja na biomasu. EPBIH je navela da će se u velikoj mjeri oslanjati na zasade iz plantaža kratke...
Court Orders, Refinery Fires and Deforestation Drivers: California Push for Liquid Biofuels Ignores Red Flag Warnings
Despite a series of dramatic red flag warnings about public safety and climate impacts, compounded by errors in governance, California authorities continue to push hard for completing the conversion of refineries in the San Francisco Bay Area to operate as the largest...
Lynemouth Power Station: A smaller version of Drax
Lynemouth Power Station, owned by the Czech energy company EPH, is the second biggest biomass plant in the UK after Drax and one of the biggest in the world. The power station burns up to 1.5 million tonnes of wood every year. The majority of the wood is sourced from...
Responses
Response to BEIS consultation “Future support for low carbon heat”
7th July 2020 - I am responding to this consultation on behalf of Biofuelwatch. Biofuelwatch has been researching the impacts of large-scale bioenergy since 2006, and advocating for reforms to our energy system would see support shift from high carbon, dirty...
Environmental groups denounce deeply flawed EU consultation on the Climate Target Roadmap 2030
Amsterdam, 23rd June 2020 - Global Forest Coalition is a coalition of 100 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Organisations who work to protect and defend forests, social justice and the rights of forest peoples. We write to express our deep concerns about the impacts...
Submission to initial consultation on EU 2030 Climate Target Plan
Click here to read the joint submission by Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch to the initial consultation.
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Letter by Polish scientists opposing plans to use more forest wood for energy
Click here to see the original letter in Polish, with the list of signatories. Translation: Warsaw, 27 July 2020 To: 1. Mr. Michał WośMinister of Environment 2. Mr. Tomasz GrodzkiMarshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Subject: Government bill amending the...
Open Letter calling on the Government to redirect renewable subsidies from biomass burning to genuinely renewable energy
To sign the Open Letter, please email: biofuelwatch@gmail.com or complete the Google form here. For a pdf copy of the letter to download and print, please see here To the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, and the Energy Minister The...
Crisis in the Swedish Forest –Act Now!
Open Letter to Swedish policymakers and the Swedish Forestry Agency signed by 70 organisations from 25 countries as well as 30 scientists. Click here for a fully referenced version of the letter with a list of the signatories. There is a climate and biodiversity...