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Broad Coalition Sends Letter to California Governor, Urging Rejection of Controversial Global Aviation Climate Scheme
California Tropical Forest Standard endorsement would put California stamp of approval on dubious plan of global aviation industry to address climate damage with carbon offsets and biofuels for “carbon neutral growth” San Francisco, 19 June 2019 – A diverse coalition...
Environmental campaigners protest against Humber Renewables Awards for UK’s single biggest CO2 emitter, Drax Plc.
Hull, 14th June 2019 – Last night, environmental campaigners greeted attendees of the 2019 Humber Renewables Awards ceremony [1] in Hessle, Hull with a banner protest against the presentation of one of the awards to Drax Plc, owners of the UK’s single biggest power...
Environmental coalition warns against false climate solutions in Committee on Climate Change report
Leading environmental groups call for an end to UK subsidy programme for power plants relying on forests for fuel and highliht need for the Govenrment to invest in genuine renewables to meet net zero emissions target The UK government’s continued support for burning...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Report about Germany’s Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation Project in Namibia
German development and climate finance project used to create biomass supply chain for German energy providers Click here to download the report And click here to read an open letter by 40 civil society organisations opposed to this project. An related article on a...
Critique of UNIQUE GmbH’s report “Greenhouse Gas Assessment of Bush Control and Biomass Utilization in Namibia”:
Background: Since 2013, the German government has been financing a development and climate finance project in Namibia called “Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation (BCBU)”. It is managed by the German Development Corporation, GIZ. Since 2019, the project’s focus has...
Negative Emissions Technologies: can they deliver?
A negative emission technology (NET) is a technological approach to removing greenhouse gases that have already been emitted into the atmosphere. That differs from “mitigation” which focuses on preventing emissions in the first place. Aside from concerns about how...
Responses
Submission to UK Energy and Climate Change Committee about 2015-20 workplan
Biofuelwatch submission to the UK's Energy and Climate Change Committee about their 2015-20 workplan
Objection to waste wood gasifier at Fiddlers Reach, Grays, West Thurrock
Biofuelwatch objection to a proposed waste wood gasification plant by Balfour Beatty and Nexterra at Fiddlers Reach, Grays, West Thurrock
Objection to Sunrise Renewable’s application for a waste wood gasifier in Barry
Biofuelwatch objection to a planning application by Sunrise Renewables Ltd for a 10 MWe waste wood gasifier at the Port of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Calabar Declaration on oil palm monocultures
Calabar Declaration
Open Letter to the Committee on World Food Security
The Committee on World Food Security must not allow itself to be captured by biofuels interest groups, signed by 80 organisations and social networks worldwide
Indonesian Civil Society Petition to the European Parliament on Biofuels Policy
Indonesian Civil Society Petition to the European Parliament on Biofuels Policy