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Protest at Drax power station marks 10 years since first ‘Climate Camp’
For immediate release: 22nd October 2016 Protest at Drax power station marks 10 years since first ‘Climate Camp’ Photos are free to use under Creative Commons licence CC BY. Please credit Sebastian Wood/Biofuelwatch This afternoon more than 60 people gathered outside...
Press Release: Climate justice campaigners urge new government department to ‘turn a new leaf’ and stop funding the UK’s single biggest carbon emitter, Drax
London, 19th October 2016 – Climate justice campaigners [1] staged a colourful protest outside the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) today, urging ministers to ‘turn a new leaf’ in energy policy and stop funding Drax power station,...
Green Investment Bank “to lose last vestiges of greenness” as a result of a Macquarie Bank takeover, environmental campaign groups warn
Joint press release by Biofuelwatch, UK Without Incineration Network and Coal Action Network 12th October 2016 - Environmental campaign groups warn that the imminent takeover of the UK’s so far publicly owned Green Investment Bank (GIB) by the Australian Macquarie...
Reports, briefings and presentations
How Green is Ecotricity’s “Green Gas from Grass”?
An investigation by Biofuelwatch into Ecotricity's proposal to replace 97% of natural gas used to heat homes with biomethane made from grass Update: Ecotricity has now sent us a response to our briefing, which we have published in full, with our own comments (in...
UK Government’s coal phase-out proposal full of loopholes
Loopholes in UK 'coal phase-out' proposals boost coal burning until 2025 and might perpetuate it indefinitely On 9th November 2016, the UK Government released its consultation about a possible phase-out of coal in 2025, called “Coal Generation in Great Britain: The...
Pentland ‘film studio’ planning application could lead to a large, polluting biomass power station
Why Scottish Ministers must reject “multi-purpose development” proposal by Pentland Studios Ltd
Responses
Submission to Rio Plus 20 Zero Draft: A “Green Economy” Cannot Run on Biofuels or Bioenergy
Submission to Rio Plus 20 Zero Draft, from: Biofuelwatch, Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project, EcoNexus, Biomass Accountability Project, Partnership for Policy Integrity, PT AirWatchers (Port Townsend, Washington) and Ozark Riverkeepers Network....
Consultation Response about “Sustainable Framework for UK Aviation”
Biofuelwatch response to Government consultation about a "Sustainable Framework for UK Aviation"
Comments on UK consultation about EU draft Energy Efficiency Directive
Biofuelwatch comments on DECC Consultation about EU draft Energy Efficiency Directive, in relation to co-generation
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
An African Call for a Moratorium on Agrofuel Developments
An African Call for a Moratorium on Agrofuel Developments, with over 38 signatories.
Declaration on agrofuels
Declaration issued by Friends of the Earth International.
Declaration for Food and Energy Sovereignty
Declaration by 500 participants of the 1st National and Popular Conference on Agroenergy in Brazil, representing the movements of Via Campesina, environmentalists, worker's unions and pastorals.