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Press release about “Beaten to a Pulp” report
Report uncovers how millions of cubic metres of wood from the EU’s forests and plantations are being burned by the pulp and paper industry Authors estimate that the pulp industry could be responsible for burning 45 million cubic metres of wood directly from forestry...
Beating Europe’s forests to a pulp
The scale of biomass-burning at the EU's pulp and paper mills - Joint Report by Biofuelwatch and Environmental Paper Network Click here to download the report as a pdf Summary This investigation aims to quantify the scale of primary woody biomass burning for energy...
NGO-Aktion vor dem Bundestag: Wälder stärken, nicht verheizen
Umweltorganisationen fordern konsequente Maßnahmen zur Erreichung von Deutschlands Klimazielen und zum Schutz der Wälder Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung vom 20.03.2025 zum morgigen internationalen Tag des Waldes von NABU, BUND, DUH, ROBIN WOOD, DNR, WWF, Greenpeace,...
Reports, briefings and presentations
A conversion to biofuels cannot be part of a Just Transition for Grangemouth
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Bioenergy is Expensive – CCNF Factsheet
Bioenergy is Expensive - Factsheet
A Global Fat Grab: examining the push for aviation biofuels
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Responses
Joint Submission to EBRD Energy Sector Strategy
Joint Submission by 56 Civil society organsitions to European Bank for reconstruction and development consultation on a new energy sector strategy Click here to read the letter with references and the list of signatories 2nd December 2022 Dear Sir/Madam, We thank you...
Submission to EBRD regarding possible loan for coal-to-biomass conversion in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Biofuelwatch submission setting out concerns regarding EBiH plans to replace Unit 3 of Tuzla coal power plant with a biomass unit Click here to download
Consultation response to “Business model for power bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (‘Power BECCS’)”
Joint consultation responseby the Cut Carbon Not Forsets coalition, including Biofuelwatch, Dogwood Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Stand.earth and Southern Environmental Law Cente
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Open brief aan Tweede Kamercommissie voor Economische Zaken en Klimaat
Gezamenlijke open brief van 31 milieu- en bosbeschermingsorganisaties uit Nederland en uit vijf landen waar vandaan houtpellets naar de Nederlandse elektriciteitscentrales worden geëxporteerd Klik hier om de brief met referenties en lijst van ondertekenaars te...
Joint Statement against Hamburg Senate proposal to burn wood or fossil gas in the Tiefstack plant
Hamburg needs an exit from coal, fossil gas and wood! Joint statement by 37 German and international organisations against ongoing climate change emissions by Hamburgs heat and power plant Tiefstack Update: In December 2024, Hamburg's Environment Minister and the...
Hamburg, raus aus Kohle, Erdgas und Holz
Gemeinsame Stellungnahme gegen die fortgesetzte Klimaschädigung durchdas Hamburger Heizkraftwerk Tiefstack, 16. Juni 2022