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32 organisations worldwide call on BlackRock to drop Drax
A coalition of 32 environmental organisations worldwide has sent a letter to the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, asking it to divest from Drax Plc, owner of the world’s largest wood-burning power station in the UK, and to clarify its position on biomass...
As UN Climate COP launches in Madrid Activists in Chile Demand Rejection of Neoliberal Model and Removal of Chile from COP Presidency
From Global Justice Ecology Project and Biofuelwatch For Immediate Release: 2 December 2019 Español abajo Contact: Steve Taylor in the U.S. +1.314.210.1322 In Chile: Anne Petermann (English) +1.716.364.1188 Gary Graham Hughes (Spanish and English) +1.707.223...
240 Civil Society Groups Call on Indonesian Government to Investigate Suspicious Death of Indonesian Environmental Human Rights Defender
London, 31st October 2019 - In solidarity with Indonesian colleagues[1], Biofuelwatch has joined civil society groups around the world to call on the Indonesian government to launch a thorough and transparent investigation...
Reports, briefings and presentations
The Big Con: how big polluters are advancing a “net zero” climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny
We a pleased to be among contributors to a new report lead by Corporate Accountability, Global Forest Coalition and Friends of the Earth International called "The Big Con: How Big Polluters are advancing a "net zero" climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny". The...
Briefing about EnBW’s plans to replace coal with wood pellets in their Rostock and Altbach-Deizisau coal plants
EnBW’s plans to replace coal with wood pellets in their Rostock and Altbach-Deizisau coal plants: Impacts on forests and climate Update: EnBW has since abandoned plans to convert coal plants to biomass. Neu: EnBW hat seitdem Pläne, Kohlekraftwerke auf Holz umzurüsten...
UNSUSTAINABLE AND INEFFECTIVE: WHY EU FOREST BIOMASS STANDARDS WON’T STOP DESTRUCTION
Biofuelwatch is proud to be a co-author of this new report: "Unsustainable and Ineffective: Why EU Forest Biomass Standards Won't Stop Destruction" . The publication reveals that the European Union (EU) Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria fails to...
Responses
Response to 5th Carbon Budget Call for Evidence (UK)
Joint submission with PfPI to UK Environmental Audit Committee Consultation about Green Investment Bank
Written evidence submitted by Biofuelwatch and the Partnership for Policy Integrity (US) to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on the Future of the Green Investment Bank
Comments submitted to EPA Workshop for Public Input on Considerations for Risk Assessment of Genetically Engineered Algae
Comments submitted to: EPA Workshop for Public Input on Considerations for Risk Assessment of Genetically Engineered Algae, EPA Docket Number: EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0508 by Rachel Smolker
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
21 September 2014: 10th Anniversary of the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations
21 September 2014: 10th Anniversary of the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations: Dismantle the power of transnational plantation corporations! There is no “smart monoculture”: Support the People’s Climate March! Declaration by Campaign to...
Social Movements representing more than 200 million people around the world denounce corporate take-over of Ban Ki-Moon Climate Summit
Social Movements representing more than 200 million people around the world denounce corporate take-over of Ban Ki-Moon Climate Summit [September 19 – 23, New York] When we, as human beings, get a fever, we immediately get worried and take action. After all, we know...
Groups: Sign on to stop GE Trees in Brazil
Campaign to STOP GE Trees – Sign On to Support the call by Brazilian and Latin American groups to reject G.E. eucalyptus trees: Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano wants to commercially plant Genetically Modified eucalyptus in Brazil. Suzano is responsible...