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Drax admits lack of any real-world evidence for capturing carbon from their biomass units
WRITTEN Responses from Drax Consultation Team 15/3/2021 Drax has also responded to questions from Biofuelwatch during a consultation in November 2021, in which it admitted a shocking lack of data about its own BECCS proposals. [Comments/explanations in green added by...
Media release: Climate justice activists stage international “Forests Are Not Fuel” online protest during Drax’s AGM
21st April 2021, 11am For immediate release Forest and climate justice activists around the world are taking part in an online and physically distanced protest today to coincide with Drax Plc’s Annual General Meeting. Drax operates the world’s largest biomass power...
NEW BOOK UNCOVERS CRITICAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY FLAWS AHEAD OF EARTH DAY
At a time when governments are rolling out climate change policies around the world, activists and experts from climate and environmental justice groups across North America and globally are explaining why real climate solutions must go beyond the greening of...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Vattenfall’s Wood Bioenergy Investments and Plans
Joint briefing by Biofuelwatch and the Environmental Paper Network's Forests, Climate and Biomass Working Group Updated April 2024 - Note that since then, Vattenfall has sold its biomass and other heat generation and distribution assets in Berlin to the City, and has...
BECCS Factsheet April 2023
Download our BECCS factsheet with a focus on Drax's proposal to capture CO2 from two of its large biomass units in Yorkshire.
Case study on the Omega Green Biofuel refinery in Paraguay
Producing fuel for otherpeople’s planes Case study by HEÑÓI (Centro de Estudios y promoción de la Democracia, los Derechos Humanos y la Sostenibilidad Socioambiental), Paraguay, published by HEÑÓI, Stay Groounded, , Biofuelwatch and Global Forest Coalition, March 2022...
Responses
Objection to planning application for a biomass power station in Glenrothes
Biofuelwatch objection to an application by "Glenrothes Biomass Energy" for a 19.8 MWe biomass power station in Glenrothes Update: Since we submitted this objection, it transpired that the plant would have an efficiency of just 15.84%. This information has been set...
Objection to Planning Appeal for a biofuel-fuelled diesel power plant in Bristol
Biofuelwatch objection to an Appeal by Plutus Energy Ltd against Bristol City Council's refusal of a planning application for a short-term reserve power plant using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, including palm oil, as the fuel
Objection to permit application for a waste wood power plant in Tansterne
Biofuelwatch submission to the Environment Agency regarding GB Bio Ltd's permit application for the Tansterne Biomass Plant, which would burn waste wood
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Civil Society Denounces World Bank’s Scheme to Hijack Farmers’ Rights to Seeds
Civil Society Declaration denouncing the World Bank's Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) programme, which attacks farmers' rights to seeds and food sovereignty as well as the environment
Our land is worth more than carbon
See here for a list of signatories The Paris Agreement required the 196 Parties to the UN Climate Convention to limit temperature increases to 2° or 1.5°C below preindustrial levels. While COP21 benefitted from a high degree of mobilization linked to the adoption of...
No Place for Gene Drives in Conservation
A Call For Conservation with Conscience: No Place For Gene Drives in Conservation. A letter initiated by the Civil Society Working Group on Gene Drives, signed by scientists and civil society organisations