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Almost 100 Organisations Worldwide Condemn UN Aviation Agency’s Biofuel Plans
Almost 100 Organisations Worldwide Condemn UN Aviation Agency’s Biofuel Plans London, Embargoed for 10th October, 00:01 AM BST (midnight from Monday to Tuesday) An in-depth report released by Biofuelwatch last week [4] shows that feedstocks (raw materials used to...
Forests not Fuel! Bioenergy conference greeted by forest and climate protesters
PRESS RELEASE 4th October 2017Protesters have gathered outside an international bioenergy conference at the Sheraton Hotel to object to forest destruction in the USA for wood to burn in UK power stations. The protesters are targeting Enviva, the world’s largest wood...
Joint Press Release: Danish Pension Fund’s green credentials questioned due to investments that promote burning forests to generate electricity
Biofuelwatch - Dogwood Alliance - NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark - Verdens Skove - Markets for Change FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 21 September, 2017 Danish Pension Fund’s green credentials questioned due to investments that promote burning forests to generate...
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
Objection to RWE’s application for Phase 2 of Tilbury Biomass Conversion
Objection to RWE's application for Phase 2 of Tilbury Biomass Conversion
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
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...