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Berliner Nachhaltigkeitsvereinbarung für Biomasse garantiert keinerlei Schutz für Wälder und Natur
Umweltorganisationen Biofuelwatch und ROBIN WOOD legen Analyse vor und fordern, kein Holz in Kraftwerken zu verfeuern 3. September 2024 - Die Umweltorganisationen ROBIN WOOD und Biofuelwatch haben zwei Tage vor einer Anhörung des Umweltausschusses des Berliner...
Appell an Bundesregierung: EU-Vorgaben zur Reduzierung der Holzenergie jetzt konsequent umsetzen!
NGO-Leitfaden zur Umsetzung der europäischen Richtlinie RED III zeigt Handlungsbedarf und gibt Beispiele Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von ROBIN WOOD, DUH, NABU, Biofuelwatch, FERN und ClientEarth 21.8.2024 - Die Bundesregierung soll EU-Vorgaben zur Reduzierung der...
Pressemitteilung: Forte Energie in Cuxhaven und Bremen auf dem Holzweg
Umweltorganisationen veröffentlichen Infopapier und fordern Absage an geplantes Holzheizkraftwerk 09. August 2024 Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von ROBIN WOOD, Parents for Future (PFF) Cuxhaven, BUND Cuxhaven, Biofuelwatch, DUH und NABU Die Umweltorganisationen ROBIN...
Press Releases – International Policies & Issues
The Nightmare Before Christmas – Future GE Chestnuts: Ho Ho NO!
The nightmare before Christmas: Future GE Chestnuts: Ho Ho NO!, Press release by Global Justice Ecology Project, Indigenous Environment Network and Biofuelwatch, Stop GE Trees Coalition New York (15 December 2015)– In the midst of the holiday season, while thoughts...
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,...
Press Releases UK
Press release: 96,000 call on Secretary of State to refuse permission for largest-ever UK gas power station
London, 4th April 2019 - A petition of over 96,000 signatures [1] was handed to the Office of Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Greg Clark this morning, accompanied by an Open Letter [2] signed by 92 organisations – and by a...
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...