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Campaigners say “End subsidies for polluting biomass now” as DECC publishes controversial biomass carbon calculator
Campaigners say “End subsidies for polluting biomass now” as DECC publishes controversial biomass carbon calculator The Department for Energy and Climate Change have today published a long-awaited carbon calculator for biomass electricity, [1] which has been twice...
Protesters target Green Bank Annual Review over dirty investments
Biofuelwatch media release – for immediate use Wednesday 25th June Protesters target Green Bank Annual Review over dirty investments Photographs available here: https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2014/london-gib-photos/ Environmental groups [1] staged a protest at the...
Report finds EU Biomass policies are fuelling land-grabbing in the global South
Report finds EU Biomass policies are fuelling land-grabbing in the global South 9th June 2014 - A new report published today [1] by campaign group Biofuelwatch [2] shows that the growing demand for wood created by UK and EU biomass policies is fuelling land-grabs in...
Reports, briefings and presentations
GE Trees: Columbus Day and the Colonization of Land, Trees and Genes
Huffington Post article by Rachel Smolker I spent the past several days participating in the Indigenous Environmental Network Campaign to Stop GE Trees Action Camp in the Qualla Boundary, homelands of the Eastern Band Cherokee in North Carolina. Participants included...
Power Plant Emissions During Startup and Shutdown
Biofuelwatch briefing summarising the evidence about increased power plant emissions during startup and shutdown periods
Burning Wood in Power Stations – Public Health Impacts
Burning Wood in Power Stations: Public Health Impacts , Biofuelwatch briefing
Responses
Open letter to MEPs
Open letter opposing EU biofuels targets, signed by 33 organisations and 17 individuals.
Open Letter to Coreper, the Council of Ministers, the European Commission, Claude Turmes (MEP)
Open letter concerning EU agrofuel targets to Coreper, the Council of Ministers, the European Commission, Claude Turmes (MEP), copied to ITRE and ENVI. Signed by 58 organisations.
Response to DBERR Renewable Energy Consultation
Response to DBERR Renewable Energy Consultation, London.
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
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