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International campaign groups visit Denmark to sound alarm against biomass as a climate solution
International Environmental nGOs Visit Denmark to Sound the Alarm Against Danish Biomass as a Climate Solution Groups Highlight the Vital Role Forests Play in Mitigating Climate Change and Urge End to Taxpayer Subsidies in Biomass and a Comprehensive Shift to...
Protesters against Drax in London, York and Liverpool say divest from biomass, coal and gas
Protestors against Drax Plc in York, Liverpool and London say Divest from Biomass, Coal and Gas! 13th April 2017 Scores of people around the country are protesting against Drax Plc on the day of its AGM today, with three simultaneous demonstrations in London,...
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...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Joint NGO Briefing: Why PKA must divest from MGT Teesside if it wants to live up to its green credentials
Biofuelwatch, with US and Danish NGOs, has written to the Danish Pension Fund PKA urging them to divest from the 50% equity stake they have taken in the worlds biggest dedicated Biomass combined heat and power plant which is under construction on Teesside. PKA...
Stop Enviva’s planned pellet plant to feed growing UK demand for biomass
Rural Richmond County in North Carolina, already an epicenter of environmental injustice, faces its newest threat from wood pellet plant, Enviva. This proposed plant will supply Enviva's 1m tonne pellet contract with MGT Power's Teesside biomass plant in the UK. ...
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.
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
Declaration of Colombian Social Organizations and Communities Regarding the Intentions of the First Latin American Meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Declaration.
Food is for People not Machines
Communique of the International Conference on Agrofuels supported by 16 African NGOs, Abuja.
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