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Press Releases – USA
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...
On Columbus Day, Native Peoples condemn GE trees as another form of colonization
Indigenous Environmental Network Campaign to STOP GE Trees Press Release: 13 October 2014 Indigenous Peoples Unite to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees GE Trees: Another Form of Colonization Qualla Boundary, North Carolina - In the shadow of Columbus Day and the...
Groups globally mobilize to stop commercial release of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in Brazil and US
Groups globally mobilize to stop commercial release of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in Brazil and US, Press release by the Stop GE Trees Campaign, supported by Biofuelwatch (US-UK), Canadian Biotechnology Action Network,, EcoNexus, Indigenous Environmental...
Press Releases – Europe (except UK)
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...
Zum Internationalen Aktionstag gegen das Verfeuern von Holz fordern Umweltgruppen Umdenken bei den Holzverbrennungsplänen von eins-Energie und der Stadt Chemnitz
Wirtschaftlichkeit des geplanten Holzkraftwerks höchst fraglich – Wälder bereits übernutzt, Holzpreise steigen Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von Biofuelwatch, NABU, ROBIN WOOD und Bürgerinitiative für Großwärmepumpe statt Holzkraftwerk im Chemnitzer Westen Chemnitz, 21....
Kundgebung in Stade: Umweltgruppen fordern Umdenken beim geplanten Holzheizkraftwerk in Bützfleth
Banner-Protest zum „Internationalen Aktionstag gegen das Verbrennen von Holz” Stade, 21. Oktober 2025 - Anlässlich des Internationalen Aktionstags gegen das Verbrennen von Holz fand heute Nachmittag auf dem Pferdemarkt in Stade eine Protestkundgebung gegen das...
Press Releases – International Policies & Issues
Putting Rainforests into Fuel Tanks? Groups Warn IMO Against Biofuel Disaster
Brazilian government called out for leading push for biofuels in the global shipping industry LONDON / UTRECHT, 17 February 2025 – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its 176 Member States must oppose the promotion of biofuels in international shipping...
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...
Press release about report on BECCS and carbon capture from waste incineration
New report exposes claims made about bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to be based on hype, not real-world experience 28th November 2022 - Today, Biofuelwatch has released a comprehensive report about carbon capture from biomass power and heat plants...
Press Releases UK
Press Release: Climate justice campaigners denounce Drax-sponsored events at Labour Party Conference
Photo by Axe Drax Biofuelwatch, The Axe Drax Group and The Stop Burning Trees Coalition Press Release Climate justice campaigners denounce Drax-sponsored events at Labour Party Conference 27th September 2022 - Climate justice campaigners and Labour Party members...
Climate justice campaigners denounce Drax’s tree burning at AGM demonstrations
27th April 2022 - Forest and climate justice campaigners across the UK are taking part in online and in-person demonstrations today to call on the world’s biggest wood-burning company, Drax, to “Stop Burning Trees”. The protests are to coincide with the Drax Group’s...
Campaigners: Drax must cease buying Belarussian wood pellets today and stop their help in funding the war against Ukraine
London, 4th March – While the CEO of Drax says “our thoughts are with the Ukrainian people” [1], his company’s announcement to stop pellet imports from Russia but not from Belarus [2] means that they’re continuing to trade with one of the two countries...