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Holz verfeuern für Zement?
Zementhersteller plant neue Anlage für die Produktion schwarzer Holzpellets in Rüdersdorf bei Berlin / Umweltorganisationen warnen vor Schäden für Wälder und Klima Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von ROBIN WOOD, Biofuelwatch und NABU 24. Februar 2026 - Der...
New report from Biofuelwatch reveals how Neste, the oil major, covers for the damages from their greenwashed biofuel transition.
February 2026 – Biofuelwatch has released a new briefing report, delving into detail about the ways in which this company relies on greenwashing, opaque supply chains and unethical practices in its pursuit of biofuels. Entitled Neste’s Biofuels - Don’t Ask Don’t...
Berlin, runter vom Holzweg!
Berlin rechnet sich Holzverbrennung schön und liefert fadenscheinige Begründung im Genehmigungsverfahren zum Holzheizkraftwerk Reuter West Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von ROBIN WOOD, NABU und Biofuelwatch, 5.2.2026 Erhebliche ökologische, klimapolitische und...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Peer Briefing for SAF Bill Third Reading: Opening the doors to fraud
We are deeply concerned by the government's ongoing support for aviation biofuels, often erroneously known as 'sustainable aviation fuel'. The SAF Bill is now progressing through the Lords, and we want to make it clear to them that this technology is not a climate...
Illusory Emissions Reductions from Biofuels Undermine California Progress on Climate
California relies on counting uptake of ‘renewable diesel’ as a primary mechanism for achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions, despite evidence showing that biofuels are anything but ‘carbon neutral’ and can result in even more emissions than fossil fuels. CARB...
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,...
Responses
Biofuelwatch to European Commission consultation on EU-ETS revision
Click here to download our full response As shown in our submission (Pdf attached), we believe that biomass energy and biofuels, including for aviation and shipping, must no longer be treated as zero carbon under EU-ETS rules. Furthermore, we set out why including...
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
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Joint complaint to Dutch Emissions Agency about RWE’s wood pellet sourcing
To: Dutch Emissions Authority (Nederlandse Emissieautoriteit – NEa) Re: Enforcement request - Evidence that RWE’s wood pellet imports from Malaysia may not be compliant with SDE++ sustainability criteria From: Biofuelwatch and Comité Schone Lucht Date: 26 June 2025...
EU-RED III: Nationale Umsetzung von EU-Recht zur Holzbiomasse – Fristablauf!
Offener Brief an die Bundesregierung von NABU, ROBIN WOOD und Biofuelwatch Bitte hier klicken, um den Brief zu lesen
Offener Brief an den Stadtrat von Cuxhaven
Offener Brief von BUND Cuxhaven, Fridays for Future Cuxhaven, Parents for Future Cuxhaven, Biofuelwatch und ROBIN WOOD Bitte hier klicken, um die Pdf mit den Logos der unterzeichnenden Organisationen herunterzuladen. Cuxhaven, 12. März 2025 Sehr geehrte...