Publications
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Press releases
Media Advisory: simultaneous protests in three locations on the day of Drax’s AGM
For Thursday 13th April 2017 On Thursday, 13th April, anti-coal and biomass campaigners will be staging simultaneous protests outside Drax Plc's Annual General Meeting in York, and outside the offices of Drax’s two largest investors in the city of London. Local people...
NGOs condemn coal/biomass industry appointment to Climate Change Committee
Representative of coal and tree-burning industries appointed to UK Climate Change Committee Appointment of senior Drax official to advisory body represents “shocking undermining of the Committee’s independence and credibility” 27th March 2017 - UK and US...
“Bioenergy Burns Forests”—Environmentalists Denounce UN’s Bioenergy Themed International Day of Forests
Joint press release by Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch Timberwatch, Dogwood Alliance, International Tree Foundation March 20, 2017: The UNFAO’s [1] “Forests and Energy” theme for this year’s International Day of Forests on March 21 [2] misleadingly...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Biotechnology for Biofuels
“Biotechnology for Biofuels” includes in-depth investigations of three biofuel companies – Algenol, Mascoma, and Solazyme/TerraVia, and will be updated with forthcoming reports on algae and cellulosic biofuels, followed by further materials. Click here to view.
Wind and solar, not biomass, have been key to the UK’s partial coal phase-out so far
New Biofuelwatch analysis In 2016, the UK generated 72% less electricity from coal than in 2011, which is great news for the climate and for communities around the world whose health and environment are harmed by coal mining. Biofuelwatch has carried out the...
Presentation about proposed biomass gasifier in Glenrothes
Presentation prepared for public meeting on 25th May 2017 about the proposed biomass gasifier at Southfield Industrial Estate, Glenrothes
Responses
Objection to ECO2’s application for a biomass power station near Mendlesham
Biofuelwatch objection to a biomass power station planning application by ECO2 near Mendlesham, Mid Suffolk
Submission on E.On’s Ironbridge conversion permitting application
Biofuelwatch submission to the Environment Agency about E.On's application for a permit variation to permit conversion to biomass
Biofuelwatch Response to Scottish Parliamentary Inquiry into Renewables
The Scottish Parliament has launched an inquiry into the achievability of the Scottish Government’s 2020 renewable energy targets, the merits of the targets and what the risks and barriers are to realising them. We responded, saying we support 'true' renewables but...
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Call for an Immediate Moratorium on incentives for biofuels in Australia
Call for an Immediate Moratorium on incentives for biofuels in Australia, Friends of the Earth Australia
Statement by Friends of the Earth Africa
Statement by members of FoE Africa from Ghana, Togo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Nigeria, Mauritius, Tunisia and Swaziland, who met for five days in Accra, Ghana reviewing issues that confront the African environment. A particular focus was placed on the current food...
Small farmers feed the world. Industrial agrofuels fuel hunger and poverty
Via Campesina Position Paper.