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Press Releases – USA
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...
Outrage Over US Secret Approval of Genetically Engineered Trees
The International Campaign to STOP GE Trees, Dogwood Alliance & Biofuelwatch Groups Condemn US for Bowing to Industry, Ignoring Widespread Public Opposition New York (29 Jan 2015 ) Groups from around the world [1] today joined together to denounce the US...
Groups across the US denounce “National Bioenergy Day” as a dirty sham
For Immediate Release October 22, 2014 Groups across the US denounce "National Bioenergy Day" as a dirty sham From: Biofuelwatch, Dogwood Alliance, Energy Justice Network, Partnership for Policy Integrity, Save America’s Forests, and Global Justice Ecology Project...
Press Releases – Europe (except UK)
Holzheizkraftwerk in Berlin darf nicht genehmigt werden!
Stellungnahme der Umweltorganisationen eingereicht – Rechtsgutachten zeigt gravierende Mängel auf Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von ROBIN WOOD, NABU und Biofuelwatch Das Land Berlin könnte verpflichtet sein, als Gesellschafter auf eine Rücknahme des Antrags zum...
Neues Holzheizwerk in Berlin geplant: Jeden Winter dreimal den Tiergarten verheizen?
Genehmigungsantrag für Reuter West eingereicht – Kosten von knapp einer Viertel Milliarde Euro Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von NABU, Biofuelwatch, ROBIN WOOD, BUND Berlin, PowerShift, Greenpeace Berlin, Gesellschaft für Klima und Demokratie, Fridays For Future,...
Government Signs up to 4 more years of tree burning at Drax
5 November 2025 Today the UK Government has signed a ‘Contract for Difference’ with Drax Group which will allow its biomass power station to receive financial support post March 2027 when its current subsidies run out. This means that Drax, the UK’s biggest...
Press Releases – International Policies & Issues
ONG mundiales piden a la Organización Marítima Internacional que rechace los biocombustibles y se comprometa al uso de energías verdaderamente limpias
LONDRES / UTRECHT, 31 de marzo de 2025 – Antes de la última ronda de negociaciones de la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) (31 de marzo – 1 de abril ISWG-GHG-19, 7 – 11 de abril MEPC83) sobre medidas para lograr emisiones “netas cero” de gases de efecto...
Global NGOs Call on International Maritime Org to Reject Biofuels and Commit to Truly Clean Energy
LONDON / UTRECHT, 31 March 2025 – As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) prepares to finalize negotiations (31 March – 1 April ISWG-GHG-19, 7 – 11 April MEPC83) on key measures for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in international shipping,...
¿Convertir las selvas tropicales en combustible? Los grupos advierten a la OMI contra el desastre de los biocombustibles
Señalan al gobierno brasileño por liderar el impulso a los biocombustibles en la industria del transporte marítima LONDRES / UTRECHT, 17 de febrero de 2025 - La Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) y sus 176 Estados miembros deben oponerse al uso de los...
Press Releases UK
Climate activists stage musical protest over Government proposals for new tree-burning subsidies
Biofuelwatch and Stop Burning Trees Press Release For immediate release Climate justice campaigners from across the UK environmental movement gathered outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)1 in London today in a colourful and...
New investigation shows Drax has sourced logs from British Columbia’s rarest Old Growth forests for its pellet mills
28th February 2024 - A new investigation [1] published today by Conservation North, Biofuelwatch and Bulkley Valley Stewardship Coalition reveals that, throughout 2023, Drax routinely sourced whole logs from logging Primary and Old Growth Forests, including from...
Government approval of Drax’s BECCS project will cause more forest destruction, campaigners warn
Government approval of Drax’s BECCS project will cause more forest destruction, campaigners warn For immediate release 16th Jan 2024 Secretary of State Claire Coutinho’s decision to approve Drax’s planning application for a carbon capture project, published today [1],...