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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)
Umweltgruppen begrüßen Airbus’ Rückzieher bei Fernwärme aus Holzgroßkraftwerk in Stade
Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von der Bürgerinitiative Bützfleth, ROBIN WOOD, NABU und Biofuelwatch vom 05.02.2026 Airbus hat laut Medienberichten entschieden, keine Fernwärme aus der von Hansekraft geplanten Holz-Großfeuerungsanlage zu beziehen. Damit kommt das...
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,...
Press Releases – International Policies & Issues
¿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...
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 Releases UK
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],...
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...