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Umweltverbände fordern Stopp der Pläne zur Holzverbrennung im Kraftwerk Tiefstack
Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung: Hamburger Kraftwerk Tiefstack: Pläne zur klimaschädlichen Holzverbrennung stoppen!// Umweltorganisationen fordern ein Ende des Greenwashings und volle Transparenz zu den Plänen / CO2-freie Alternativen müssen offen diskutiert werden...
Sustainable Biomass Program: Certifying paperwork without looking at the forest
Joint report by Biofuelwatch, Comite Schone Lucht, Dogwood Alliance, and Estonian Fund for Nature en Leefmilieu Click here to download the full report (updated May 2023) Click here to download the report in Dutch (updated May 2023) Executive Summary Dutch pellet...
UK press release about report on BECCS and carbon capture from waste incineration
New report exposes claims made about bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to be based on hype, not real-world experience - for immediate release - 28th November 2022 - Today, Biofuelwatch has released a comprehensive report about carbon capture from...
Reports, briefings and presentations
The impacts of the pulp and paper industry’s domination of the biomass electricity market in Portugal
Piling on the pressure Download the report Report in Portuguese Summary: Portugal’s pulp and paper sector is making record profits despite the current intersecting global crises. Its heavy investments in biomass electricity are a contributing factor, and it now...
Umrüstung des Onyx-Kohlekraftwerkes in Wilhelmshaven auf Holzverbrennung
Gemeinsames Informationspapier von NABU, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, robin wood und biofuelwatch Hier klicken um das Papier herunterzuladen. Zusammenfassung: Das 730-Megawatt-Kraftwerk von Onyx Power befindet sich in Wilhelmshaven direkt an der Nordseeküste. Statt wie...
Informationspapier zum Sustainable Biomass Program
Das Sustainable Biomass Program und sein Versagen, die Einhaltung grundlegender Nachhaltigkeitsstandards für Biomasse zu gewährleisten Informationspapier herunterladen
Responses
Objection to Lough Ree power station conversion
Biofuelwatch, Dogwood Alliance and Friends of the Irish Environment have submitted objections to Ireland's Electricity Supply Board (ESB)'s latest plan to convert another peat power station - Lough Ree, in Lanesborough - to run on biomass instead. FIE cited the...
Joint response to European Commision consultation on high-ILUC biofuels
Joint response by Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch: "High and low Indirect Land-Use Change (ILUC) - risks biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels", March 2019
Joint response to European Commission consultation about action on deforestation and forest degradation
Joint response by Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch to European Commission consultation "Deforestation and forest degradation – stepping up EU action", February 2019
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Over 120 groups from around the world denounce large scale forest biomass energy
Over 120 civil society organisations around the world expose the "biomass delusion" and call for an end for subsidies for burning forest biomass. Click here to read the position statement with the full list of signatories Position Statement on Forest Biomass Energy We...
International civil society says no to geoengineering – “Hands off Mother Earth!” manifesto issued
110 organizations and social movements, including renowned environmental activists, Friends of the Earth International, La Via Campesina, Indigenous Environmental Network, Third World Network, ETC Group, and the Heinrich Böll Foundation have issued a manifesto...
Open Letter to The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Please say no to Drax’s climate-wrecking gas power plans
Open letter signed by 92 environmental organisations For the fully referenced letter, please see: Drax Repower Open Letter with signatures Please note that this letter remains open for signatures. If your organisation would like to sign it please email Biofuelwatch....