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UN plans for aviation biofuels and carbon offsets condemned by 90 organisations worldwide
UN plans for aviation biofuels and carbon offsets condemned by 90 organisations worldwide - For immediate release – 90 organisations from 35 countries have called on the UN’s International Civil Aviation Agency (ICAO) to ditch plans for aviation biofuels and carbon...
Planes de la ONU de usar combustibles para la aviación y compensaciones de carbono condenados por 90 organizaciones de todo el mundo
Planes de la ONU de usar combustibles para la aviación y compensaciones de carbono condenados por 89 organizaciones de todo el mundo - Para su publicación inmediata – 90 organizaciones de 35 países hacen un llamamiento a la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional...
Renewable energy subsidy rule changes rule out inefficient biomass combined heat and power projects
London 7 June 2018 From Biofuelwatch[1] For immediate release. New rule changes, published yesterday, to conditions for Contracts for Difference for combined heat and power plants that burn wood [2] stipulate that they should be at least 70% efficient (instead of the...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Biofuelwatch briefing about EDF’s proposals to convert Le Havre and Cordemais power stations to biomass
EDF proposal to convert Cordemais and Le Havre power stations to waste wood or mixed waste: A Trojan Horse for burning coal and forest wood from 2022? Update: EDF decided not to go ahead with a biomass project at Le Havre. In July 2021, EDF cancelled plans for the...
Biofuelwatch report: Dead End Road – The False Promise of Cellulosic Biofuels
Biofuelwatch has published its new in-depth report about cellulosic biofuels, with an in-depth look at each of the commercial-scale facilities worldwide claimed to have been commissioned or operational since 2010. Click here to download the full report (4 MB) Click...
Why opposing a no-deal or ‘hard Brexit’ is crucial for a clean energy future
Why opposing a no-deal or 'hard' Brexit is crucial for a clean energy future Biofuelwatch briefing about the implications of a no-deal or 'hard' Brexit for energy policy in the UK and Ireland Click here to read the full briefing [add-this] Summary...
Responses
Response to Defra consultation on Local Air Quality Management
Biofuelwatch response to Defra's “Consultation on options to improve air quality management in England”
Objection to Beckton Energy Ltd’s application for an environmental permit
Biofuelwatch objection to an application by Beckton Energy Ltd to Newham LBC for an environmental permit in respect of a biofuel power station in Beckton
Response to Forth Energy’s Addenum to their Dundee application
Biofuelwatch response to Forth Energy's Addendum to their application for a biomass power station at Dundee Port
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Dakar Appeal Against the Land Grab
Dakar Appeal Against the Land Grab
It’s time to outlaw landgrabbing, not make it responsible!
It's time to outlaw landgrabbing, not make it responsible! Declaration by Via Campesina, Grain and others
Open Letter to Against CDM Projects Linked to Human Rights Abuses in Honduras
Open Letter to UK Government: UK Government must withdraw authorisation for Aguan and Lean CDM projects linked to assassinations and other human rights abuses in Honduras