Publications
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Press releases
Environmental campaigners denounce new “subsidies for forest destruction and air pollution”
11th September 2017 - Following today’s announcement of new subsidies for renewable electricity [1] – called Contracts for Difference [2] – environmental campaign group Biofuelwatch [3] denounces a subsidies award for a large new biomass power station in Grangemouth,...
Joint Press: Planning Inspectorate accused of ignoring Egnedol gasifier impacts on Milford Haven residents and workers
Planning Inspectorate accused of ignoring the health and safety of Milford Haven residents and workers in controversial biomass and waste gasifier application -For immediate release - 8th September 2017 - Environmental campaigners have today sent an Open Letter...
What state-of-the-art trains? Power station’s sloppy supply chain covers roads with wood dust
Monday 28th August 2017 A press release from Action North Killingholme In recent weeks, residents of North & South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire, have been subjected to 24-hour heavy traffic leaving trails of wood dust and bits of pellets strewn on their roads...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Grangemouth Renewable Energy Plant: Briefing
Grangemouth Renewable energy biomass power station: An unsustainable, high-risk potential investment In June 2013, the Scottish Government approved a highly controversial planning application by Forth Energy for a 120 MWe biomass “combined heat and power plant” at...
Summary of recent Biomass research
Produced by Biofuelwatch in collaboration with UK and US NGOs. Annotated Bibliography on Biomass Impacts_Oct 4 2017
ICAO’s aviation biofuels plans: A dangerous distraction
6th October 2017 : Letter to the ICAO signed by 96 civil society organisations worldwide Please click here for a pdf with the full list of signatories En Español - Auf Deutsch From 11th to 13th October, the International Civil Aviation...
Responses
Response to Scottish Renewables Obligation Banding Review Supplementary Consultation, Parts B and C
Biofuelwatch response to Scottish Renewables Obligation Banding Review Supplementary Consultation, Parts B and C
Response to Scottish Government Supplementary Consultation on ROCs, Parts B and C
Biofuelwatch response to Parts B and C of the Scottish Government Supplementary Consultation on the Renewable Banding Review
Response to 2012 DECC consultation on capping ROCs for some types of bioenergy
“Biomass Electricity and Combined Heat and Power Plants – ensuring sustainability and affordability”
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Letter of critical opposition to the “Round Table on Responsible Soy”
Open letter with over 60 signatures.
Biochar: A New Big Threat to People, Land and Ecosystems
A declaration signed by around 150 organisations worldwide
Violence Against Indigenous Women Springs from the Violation of Ancestral Land Rights
Declaration by BAI, a Phillippine network of indigenous women's organizations which is part of the Asia indigenous Women's Network (AIWN). This relates to the violation of indigneous women's rights, including as a result of jatropha plantations for biofuels in...