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Environmental groups from around the world urge French Government to ensure coal power plants are shut down, not converted to biomass
Paris, 28th February 2019 - An Open Letter by 46 environmental NGOs and networks from 19 countries (1) is being delivered to French Environment Minister, François de Rugy today, urging the government to rule out permission to convert Cordemais power station or any...
Aviation biofuels made from wastes and residues cannot be scaled up, new report shows
Biofuelwatch report about aviation biofuel producer WorldEnergy boosts fears that large-scale biofuel use for aircraft would have to rely on palm oil 11th February 2019 - A new report [1] about aviation biofuels, published by the environmental NGO Biofuelwatch [2]...
Press release: Open Letter Calls on Ireland to Reject West Offaly Power Station extension and biomass conversion
Groups Demand Ireland Protect Forests & Our Climate Open Letter Calls on Ireland to Reject West Offaly Power Station extension and biomass conversion - for immediate release – 31st January 2019 - An Open Letter signed by 33 environmental NGOs objecting to biomass...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Biofuelwatch and Global Forest Coalition briefing about biomass sustainability standards
[add-this] Please click here to read full report Can sustainability and greenhouse gas standards protect the climate, forests and communities from the harmful impacts of wood-based bioenergy? Logging site from which Enviva pellet mill was supplied, North Carolina,...
What have we learned about biochar since 2011?
In 2011 Biofuelwatch published Biochar: A Critical Review of Science and Policy. In that report we highlighted the uncertainties about biochar including the large land area that would be required to supply biomass for a global scale impact, the contradictory results...
COP25 Is Perpetuating a Culture of Impunity for Human Rights Violations
Monoculture Tree Plantations, Bioenergy and Pollution Trading in Chile: United Nations COP25 Perpetuates Impunity By Gary Graham Hughes, California Policy Monitor, Biofuelwatch [add-this] The austral spring of 2019 will mark a historical watershed in the history of...
Responses
Response to Defra’s Review of Local Air Quality Management Consultation on regulatory and guidance changes
Biofuelwatch response to Defra's consultation Review of Local Air Quality Management Consultation on regulatory and guidance changes, published December 2014
Further representation about REACT’s application for a biomass gasifier in Plymouth
Further representation about REACT's application for a biomass gasifier in Plymouth
Avonmouth biomass gasifier application: Joint Letter to Councillors
Joint letter to Councillors regarding Nexterra/Balfour Beatty planning application for an 11 MW biomass gasifier in Avonmouth, by Avon Coalition Against Big Biofuels, Avonmouth Dust Forum and Biofuelwatch
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Open Letter to the UN and its Institutions Related to Forest Issues
OPEN LETTER TO THE UN AND ITS INSTITUTIONS AND INITIATIVES RELATED TO FOREST ISSUES(FAO, CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD AND UNFF) 21 March – the first ´International Day of Forests´ An appeal to urgently halt forest destruction, addressing the underlying causes
Statement and Declaration by Affected Community Members from Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum Concessions
Liberia: Statement and Declaration by Affected Community Members from Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum Concessions
International organisations condemn repression and criminalisation of peasant organisations of the Bajo Aguan, Honduras
International organisations condemn repression and criminalisation of peasant organisations of the Bajo Aguan, Honduras