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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...
European nature convention bureau criticises Swiss government for ignoring complaint about damage to protected nature site
European Nature Convention Bureau criticises Swiss government for ignoring complaint about serious damage to protected nature site 14th May 2024 - The Bureau of the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats has expressed its...
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
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...