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Government Signs up to 4 more years of tree burning at Drax
5 November 2025 Today the UK Government has signed a ‘Contract for Difference’ with Drax Group which will allow its biomass power station to receive financial support post March 2027 when its current subsidies run out. This means that Drax, the UK’s biggest...
Zum Internationalen Aktionstag gegen das Verfeuern von Holz fordern Umweltgruppen Umdenken bei den Holzverbrennungsplänen von eins-Energie und der Stadt Chemnitz
Wirtschaftlichkeit des geplanten Holzkraftwerks höchst fraglich – Wälder bereits übernutzt, Holzpreise steigen Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von Biofuelwatch, NABU, ROBIN WOOD und Bürgerinitiative für Großwärmepumpe statt Holzkraftwerk im Chemnitzer Westen Chemnitz, 21....
Kundgebung in Stade: Umweltgruppen fordern Umdenken beim geplanten Holzheizkraftwerk in Bützfleth
Banner-Protest zum „Internationalen Aktionstag gegen das Verbrennen von Holz” Stade, 21. Oktober 2025 - Anlässlich des Internationalen Aktionstags gegen das Verbrennen von Holz fand heute Nachmittag auf dem Pferdemarkt in Stade eine Protestkundgebung gegen das...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Burning Billions for Biomass
The case for cutting subsidies, not forests Joint report by Environmental Paper Network, Biofuelwatch, Solutions for Our Climate, Rachel Carson Council, Global Environment Facility, Dogwood Alliance, NRDC, Comité Schone Lucht, Pracownia na rzecz Wszystkich Istot,...
No biofuels for shipping – videos
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Drax’s greenwashing and lobbying efforts in the UK
Summary: Drax uses advertising, lobbying meetings, donations, educational resources, academic research and sponsorship of events to gain public and political support for its tree burning and to present the company as benevolent and part of the climate solution when...
Responses
Biofuelwatch Submission to Greenhouse Gas Removals Independent Review June 2025
Biofuelwatch Submission to Greenhouse Gas Removals Independent Review June 2025
Submission to the House of Lords Statutory Instruments Cttee about new subsidies for existing biomass plants
Submission about Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 Submitted by James Hewitt on behalf of Biofuelwatch, 29th April 2025 Click here to download
Biofuelwatch submission to Ofgem Call for Evidence
Biofuelwatch Submisson to Ofgem call for evidence
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Shipping industry’s biofuels plan threatens rainforests, communities and climate
Open Letter to the Secretariat of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Click here to read the letter in Spanish 17th February, 2025 - The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) will soon finalise its negotiations on key climate laws for international...
El plan de biocombustibles de la industria naviera amenaza la selva tropical, las comunidades –
Carta abierta a la Secretaría de la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) Haga clic aquí para ver la carta en inglés. 17 de febrero de 2025 - La Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) de las Naciones Unidas finalizará en breve sus negociaciones sobre leyes...
Stop the violence in Agúan – protect human rights defenders: No more trade with Corporación Dinant!
Open Letter by 33 environmental and Human rights Groups Click here to download the Pdf of the Open Letter with the organisational logos Urgent notification and call to action to Cargill, Mondelez, Pepsico, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Pasternak Baum, Flora Food,...