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Environmental Justice campaigners hand petition against criminal persecution of Croatian forest defender to Embassy
London, 9th May 2024 – Today at 12 noon, environmental justice campaigners from Biofuelwatch and other groups are handing over a petition signed by around 1,400 individuals, [1] accompanied, by an open letter by international NGOs [2] to the Croatian embassy in...
Protests in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and the UK against Vattenfall’s continued investments in high-carbon biomass plants
29th April 2024 – Protests are taking place in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, and the UK coinciding with Vattenfall’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) against Vattenfall’s investments in wood bioenergy as well as continued fossil fuel burning. This internationally...
Tag des Baumes: Neues Bündnis protestiert gegen Ausweitung der HolzenergieTag des Baumes: Neues Bündnis protestiert gegen Ausweitung der Holzenergie
Pressemitteilung von „Ausgebrannt – Bündnis gegen die Verbrennung von Biomasse“ 15.4.2024 - Zum „Internationalen Tag des Baumes“ findet heute ein gemeinsamer Aktionstag des von regionalen und nationalen Umweltorganisationen und Forschenden neu gegründeten Bündnisses...
Press Releases – International Policies & Issues
Report warns of science-fiction solution being promoted at Paris Climate Conference
Report warns of science-fiction solution being promoted at Paris Climate Conference Paris, 1st December 2015 - The first in-depth and critical analysis of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) [1], a so-called “negative emissions” technology favoured by...
IPCC support for “false solutions” denounced by climate justice activists
IPCC support for “false solutions” denounced by climate justice activists, Joint Press release by Biofuelwatch, Ecologistas en Accion, Econexus, ETC Group, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project,...
Over 100 organisations call for an end to biodiversity offsetting plans
Over 100 organisations call for an end to biodiversity offsetting plans
Press Releases UK
Drax takeover of ScottishPower’s hydro and gas power assets is bad news for the climate, campaigners warn
Biofuelwatch warns that Drax’s acquisition of hydro assets could spell the end for ambitious Scottish scheme to expand Cruachan pumped storage plant, vital for running the grid on low-carbon renewable energy 21st December 2018 - With Drax shareholders set to approve...
Environmental campaigners applaud Government decision which effectively stops subsidies for burning imported wood in new power stations
Government urged to review subsidies already granted for wood burning in power plants 3rd September 2018 - Environmental campaigners welcome a new Government decision to rule out future subsidies for biomass power stations with greenhouse gas emissions above 29kg CO2...
92 Environmental Groups Challenge Drax’s Gas Burning Plans
Open Letter by 92 groups denounces plans for UK’s largest gas power station 29th August 2018 – On the final day of a public consultation about Drax’s planning proposal for what would be the UK’s largest ever gas power plant[1], 91 UK-based and international...