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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...
Drax’s biomass carbon capture announcement exposes fallacy of BECCS
Drax’s biomass carbon capture announcement exposes fallacy of supposed climate fix, campaigners say 21st May 2018 - The environmental campaign group Biofuelwatch [1] slams Drax Power Station’s announcement of a pilot carbon capture project at one of its biomass...
Reports, briefings and presentations
The Strange Case of Uskmouth Power Station
Note: This briefing has not been updated since October 2018. As of January 2020, the power station has not been converted, and the developers are instead commissioning a feasibility study into the possibility of burning pellets from Refuse Derived Fuel. Uskmouth coal...
GE Trees: Presentation to the National Academy of Sciences
Forests in Crisis - but Biotechnology is not the Solution On 27th March 2018, members of Biofuelwatch and Global Justice Ecology presented evidence to the National Academies of Sciences via a webinar about the impacts and dangers of genetically engineered...
Biomass Basics
What are the problems with big biomass? In a nutshell - there are three problems: 1) It takes huge areas of land and huge quantities of wood to supply a tiny fraction of the energy we use. 2) Burning biomass emits CO2 to the atmosphere, just as burning fossil fuels...
Responses
Consultation response about Review of Qualification Criteria for Renewable CHP Schemes
Biofuelwatch response to Consultation about the Review of Qualification Criteria for Renewable CHP Schemes Consultation document available here.
Joint response to the draft High Level Panel of Experts on Biofuels and Food Security report
Response by Biofuelwatch, EcoNexus and Global Forest Coalition to the Draft O report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Biofuels and Food Security Click here to see the draft report and here to see the list of all responses.
Letter to Adur Councillors
Leaflet with letter to Adur Councillors opposing Edgeley Green Power's application for a 32 MW biofuel power station in Shoreham-on-Sea
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Stop the Destruction of Forests and Lands for Wood-based Bioenergy
Declaration by over 90 organisations worldwide.
Statement Opposing Promotion of Jatropha cultivation
An Open Letter By Anthra, Adivasi Aikya Vedika and Yakshi, December 2009.
Declaration of the First Congress “Save the Peoples and Forests of Papua”.
Declaration, Port Numbay.