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Trees from clearcutting in Portuguese nature reserve found to have gone to Drax pellet supplier
Trees from clearcutting in Portuguese nature reserve found to have gone to Drax pellet supplier 21st March 2024 - A new video investigation by Biofuelwatch and the Portuguese NGO ZERO [1] reveals that the Pinewells pellet plant in Portugal, whose biggest customer is...
Ausweitung der Holzverbrennung in Berlin geplant – Umweltorganisationen veröffentlichen Infopapier und fordern Absage an geplante Holzheizkraftwerke
Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von NABU, DUH, Robin Wood, biofuelwatch, BUND Berlin, Greenpeace Berlin, BBK und PowerShift Ausweitung der Holzverbrennung in Berlin geplant – Umweltorganisationen veröffentlichen Infopapier und fordern Absage an geplante Holzheizkraftwerke...
New Biofuelwatch briefing exposes Tuzla power plant’s planned biomass unit as a dead end
A new briefing by Biofuelwatch, launched today, has revealed that the planned use of biomass energy crops in a new unit at the Tuzla coal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an unfeasible and environmentally risky endeavour. 21st December 2023 - The briefing is...
Press Releases – International Policies & Issues
Wood Bioenergy: Green Land Grabs for Renewable Energy
Wood Bioenergy: Green Land Grabs for Renewable Energy, Joint Press Release by Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch
International Day of Action Targets Monoculture Tree Plantations – Ban on Genetically Engineered Trees Demanded
International Day of Action Targets Monoculture Tree Plantations – Ban on Genetically Engineered Trees Demanded, Joint Press Release by Global Justice Ecology Project, Global Forest Coalition, Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees and Biofuelwatch
International environmental and human rights campaigners condemn RSPO conference in Honduras
International environmental and human rights campaigners condemn RSPO conference in Honduras: Expanding palm oil empires in the name of 'green energy' and 'sustainable development' Joint press release by Rights Action, Rainforest Rescue, Biofuelwatch and Food First
Press Releases UK
Markinch residents demand urgent Council action over biomass power station noise
Data published by RWE confirms persistent breaches of planning conditions - For immediate release - 13th August 2018 – Markinch residents are demanding urgent action from Fife Council, after new documents submitted by RWE reveal that noise levels from the biomass...
UN plans for aviation biofuels and carbon offsets condemned by 90 organisations worldwide
UN plans for aviation biofuels and carbon offsets condemned by 90 organisations worldwide - For immediate release – 90 organisations from 35 countries have called on the UN’s International Civil Aviation Agency (ICAO) to ditch plans for aviation biofuels and carbon...
Renewable energy subsidy rule changes rule out inefficient biomass combined heat and power projects
London 7 June 2018 From Biofuelwatch[1] For immediate release. New rule changes, published yesterday, to conditions for Contracts for Difference for combined heat and power plants that burn wood [2] stipulate that they should be at least 70% efficient (instead of the...