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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...
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...
Reports, briefings and presentations
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...
Biofuelwatch report from Stop GE delegation to Chile
Last month, Biofuelwatch joined a delegation in Chile coordinated by the Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered (GE) Trees to investigate the impacts of industrial tree plantations and share information about the threats posed by GE trees. Given growing...
On International Day for Forests, FAO celebrates cutting them down for energy
La versión en Español de esta página web estará disponible próximamente en www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2017/fao-día-Internacional-bosques 21st March has been declared International Day for Forests by the UN. Shockingly, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation...
Responses
Response to DECC Consultation on ROCs banding, 2012
Biofuelwatch response to the DECC Consultation on the review of Renewable Obligations banding levels
Biofuelwatch comments on EcoPellets’ additional planning documents, Llangefni
Biofuelwatch comments on EcoPellets' additional planning documents submitted during a second consultation period
Open Letter against ROCs for biomass and bioliquids
Open letter to the UK and Scottish Governments relating to the Renewables Obligation Banding Consultation Signed by 87 organisations worldwide
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Climate justice groups warn of false solutions to climate change at the CBD
Read the Declaration The Convention on Biological Diversity has increasingly allowed itself to be influenced by business interests in recent years, at the expense of ensuring a democratic equitable process...
No more “Failures-as-Usual”!
Civil Society statement on the World Food Emergency.
The export of ethanol and other agrofuels (from Brazil) is not acceptable and the production of ethanol in Brazil is not sustainable
Declaration signed by 28 organisations and networks in Brazil.