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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...
Campaigners call on Government to stop Drax from fuelling environmental injustice, forest destruction and climate breakdown
Campaigners and communities call on Government to stop Drax from fuelling environmental injustice, forest destruction and climate breakdown For immediate release London, 9th October 2019 - A coalition of campaigners have gathered outside the Department for...
Climate campaigners denounce approval of UK’s biggest ever gas power project
London, 4th October 2019 - Today’s decision by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [1] to allow Drax Plc’s planning application for the UK’s largest ever gas-fired power capacity will lock the UK into dirty energy production for...
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 Environmental Audit Committee about work priorities 2015-20
Biofuelwatch submission to Environmental Audit Committee about key policies needed to adequately protect the environment, promote growth in the low carbon sector and improve wellbeing
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
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Letter to EPA by US environmental and community groups about federal permitting for biomass plants
Letter by US environmental and community groups in 23 US states to the EPA: Federal Permitting of Bioenergy Facilities
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