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Portugal’s Wildfires: a Result of the Timber Industry
Wildfires in Portugal have been called “the worst such disaster in recent history.” Dozens of people burnt to death in their cars while trying to escape the inferno. But this horrific tragedy was human-made. One-quarter...
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,...
Reports, briefings and presentations
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
Drax ‘Warning to Investors 2017’
This Warning to Investors was handed to Drax investors entering the Drax AGM in York on 13 April 2017 and, in London, to employees of Invesco and Schroders Bank, Drax's two largest investors, as well as interested passers-by, during the #AxeDrax protests. Drax...
Responses
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...
Open Letter against ROCs for bioliquids
Open Letter to DECC and the Scottish Government against ROCs for electricity produced from bioliquids, by ActionAid UK, Biofuelwatch, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Greenpeace, Sumatran Orangutan Society, War...
Response to Scottish Government Consultation on ROC banding, 2012
Read our response to the Scottish Government's consultation on subsidies for renewables here.
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.