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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...
Press release about international NGO letter to the Dutch parliamentary Biomass Roundtable
International NGOs call for immediate end to biomass subsideis ahead of parliamentary Biomass Roundtable 12th June 2023 - Four international environmental NGOs have today written to Dutch MPs ahead of the parliamentary Roundtable on Biomass on 15th June, calling for...
Vattenfall AGM Press release
VattenFAIL: civil society groups in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and Brussels call out Vattenfall's investments in wood bioenergy and continued fossil fuels burning 26th April 2022 – Yesterday and today, coinciding with Vattenfall’s AGM, banner protests against the...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Os impactos do domínio das celuloses sobre o mercado de produção de eletricidade a partir de biomassa em Portugal
Acumulando pressão Descarregue o relatório Resumo O sector da pasta e do papel em Portugal está a obter lucros recorde, apesar das atuais crises globais. Os seus pesados investimentos na produção de eletricidade a partir da queima de biomassa contribuem para estes...
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...
Responses
Joint Response to UK Decarbonisation Enquiry
Joint response to Treasury Committee Inquiry "Decarbonisation of the UK Economy and Green Finance" by Biofuelwatch, Partnership for Policy Integrity, Dogwood Alliance, Southern Environmental Law Center, Fern, & Natural Resources Defense Council
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
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Civil society groups reject the impact of an exponential growth of the Bioeconomy
Open Letter to the members of the BioFuture Platform, signed by 120 organisations from 40 countries. Click here for a referenced version with the list of signatories. Civil society groups reject the impact of an exponential growth of the Bioeconomy In recent...
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...