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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...
Briefing : Drax’s Coal-to-Biomass conversion increases emissions of dangerous small particles
11th August 2017 Read the report here: Drax and air quality briefing 2017 A new investigation by Biofuelwatch has discovered that since Drax Power Station's part-conversion to burning wood pellets, emissions of dangerous dust particles have increased by 135%. The...
US Dept. of Agriculture Receives Near Unanimous Public Rejection of GE Trees
Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network 19 July 2017 New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen faces near unanimous opposition to commercial deregulation of their...
Reports, briefings and presentations
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...
Aviation biofuels: How ICAO and industry plans could lead to planes flying on palm oil
New Biofuelwatch report on aviation biofuels released 6th October 2017 How biofuels fit in with the aviation industry’s and ICAO’s growth strategy Aviation biofuels: the state of play Unlikely contenders: Aviation biofuels made from anything other than vegetable oils...
6th October: Aviation biofuels and what ICAO’s proposals will really mean
Report on aviation biofuels raises alarm about links to land grabs, rainforest destruction As the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) prepares to hold a high level conference on alternative aviation fuels from 11-13 October, Biofuelwatch campaigners are...
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
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...
Agrofuels: The new frontier for genetically modified organism’s (GMOs)
Declaration towards the International Biofuels Conference in Brazil. Red por una America Latina Libre de Transgenicos (RALLT) and African Centre for Biosafety.
Declaration from the International Seminar: Agrofuels as an Obstactle to Food and Energy Sovereignty
Declaration from the international seminar, São Paulo, 17-19 November 2008.