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YOUGOV POLL: JUST 23% OF BRITONS BELIEVE BURNING WOOD FOR ELECTRICITY SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS ‘RENEWABLE ENERGY’
As the COVID‐19 lockdown is eased, the British public believes the UK’s recovery phase must prioritise true clean energy sources, such as wind and solar power LONDON – 22 July 2020 – A new online YouGov poll has found fewer than one in four Britons (23%) think...
International Forest Campaigners Urge Dutch Government to Act following SER’s Advice to Phase Out Biomass Power and Heat
9th July 2020 – US American and Estonian forest campaigners welcome the conclusion of the Social and Economic Council (SER) in the Netherlands that the burning wood for heat or electricity should be phased out [1] and call on the Dutch government to act immediately to...
Climate victory for students as university drops Drax. Who’s next?
23rd June 2020 - Student climate campaigners from the University of Sheffield have enjoyed a huge victory as the university has decided to stop using dirty electricity supplied by Drax Group,[1] which generates electricity mostly by burning biomass from trees. The...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Big Biomass in Portugal
Report by ZERO - Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável and Biofuelwatch Click here to download. Conclusion: Although in theory Portugal’s biomass power and pellet sectors only use residues and industrial waste, in reality what we are seeing is the unsustainable...
The Multiple Failures of Black Pellet Technologies
A recent history of of false promises, company bankruptcies and mothballed plants Biofuelwatch investigation into attempts fo produce black pellets (thorugh torrefaction, steam explosion, or hydrothermal carbonisation) on a commercial scale, 27th September 2021 - ...
Pläne zur Umrüstung von Kohlekraftwerke auf Holz in Deutschland: Auswirkungen auf Wald und Klima
Von Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch, August 2021 Klicken Sie hier, um das vollständige Briefing herunterzuladen Petition gegen das Verbrennen von Holz aus Bäumen und Büschen in Großkraftwerken in Deutschland Zusammenfassung: Im Rahmen des – viel zu langsamen-...
Responses
Comments on Egnedol’s Environmental Impact Assessment for their proposed Blackbridge development
Joint submission by Biofuelwatch, Friends of the Earth Cymru and Pembrokeshire Friends of the Earth about Egnedol's pre-application consultation for a proposed 49.9 MWe waste and biomass gasification plant with associated developments, including algal biofuels,...
Objection to SiBOR’s planning application for a waste wood gasifier in Andover
Biofuelwatch objection to SiBOR's proposal for a 10 MWe waste wood gasification plant at Walworth Business Park, Andover
Submission to European Commission consultation about a post-2020 bioenergy policy
Biofuelwatch response to European Commission consultation "A sustainable bioenergy policy for the period after 2020"
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Papua-Wide meeting calls for 10 year Moratorium on Plantation and Forestry Industries
Papua-Wide meeting calls for 10 year Moratorium on Plantation and Forestry Industries, See here for the list of organisations which signed the declaration
Open Letter to European Commission opposing biodiversity offsets
Open Letter to the European Commission signed by over 600 organisations and over 10,000 individuals opposing biodiversity offsetting
‘Climate Smart Agriculture’? We say no
Serious concerns have been raised by over 100 civil-society organisations about the so-called "Global Alliance for Climate- Smart Agriculture" launched at the UN's Climate Summit. Signatories to an open letter rejected the Alliance as a "deceptive and deeply...