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Press Releases – USA
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
Week of Protests Against GE Trees at US Industry Conference
A week of protests is under way against the International Tree Biotechnology 2013 conference in Asheville, North Carolina, from 25th May to 1st June. ArborGen, one of the conference sponsors, wants to commercially sell millions of GE eucalyptus trees in seven southern...
Opponents of genetically engineered (GE) trees join March Against Monsanto
Opponents of genetically engineered (GE) trees join March Against Monsanto Joint press release by Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered (GE) Trees, Global Justice Ecology Project, Earth First!, Dogwood Alliance, Biofuelwatch, Global Forest Coalition, REAL...
Press Releases – Europe (except UK)
Berlin verbrennt die Zukunft!
Spektakulärer Protest gegen Berlins Pläne zur Wärmewende am „Internationalen Aktionstag gegen das Verfeuern von Holz“ Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von ROBIN WOOD und Biofuelwatch Berlin, 21.Oktober 2025 - Aus Protest gegen das Verfeuern von Holz in Kraftwerken...
Protestaktion vor Holzkraftwerk in Piesteritz: „Stilllegen statt Verkauf!“
Umweltorganisationen appellieren an Stadtwerke Wittenberg, auf klimafreundliche Wärme zu setzen Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von „180° Wärmewende Leipzig“, NABU, ROBIN WOOD und Biofuelwatch vom 21.10.2025 Wittenberg-Piesteritz – Anlässlich des Internationalen...
Nach Ankündigung der Leipziger Stadtwerke: Umweltgruppen fordern endgültige Stilllegung der Holzkraftwerke
Ende der ineffizienten und klimaschädlichen Stromerzeugung in Bischofferode und Piesteritz ist überfällig Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von NABU, ROBIN WOOD, Biofuelwatch und der Kampagne “180° Wärmewende Leipzig” vom 29.09.2025 Leipziger und überregionale...
Press Releases – International Policies & Issues
Drax ‘burns its way through COP’ – campaigners demonstrate at forest greenwashing event
Glasgow 10th November 2021 - Climate justice campaigners have been taking part in demonstrations at COP26 in Glasgow today outside a World Bioenergy Association event featuring Drax, [1] and other bioenergy industry executives, to call for an end to Drax Power...
Press release: Keep bioenergy out of the Energy Charter Treaty, say 58 groups
Keep bioenergy out of the Energy Charter Treaty, say 58 groups Including bioenergy within the Energy Charter Treaty would make this harmful treaty even worse - Embargoed for 11 am CEST, 6th July 2021 - Brussels/Amsterdam/London - 6 July, 2021 - 58 civil society...
NEW BOOK UNCOVERS CRITICAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY FLAWS AHEAD OF EARTH DAY
At a time when governments are rolling out climate change policies around the world, activists and experts from climate and environmental justice groups across North America and globally are explaining why real climate solutions must go beyond the greening of...
Press Releases UK
CAMPAIGNERS PROTEST AGAINST DRAX AS IT FACES CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OVER RISKING WORKERS’ HEALTH
Axe Drax Press Release - Leeds 10.02.2022 CAMPAIGNERS PROTEST AGAINST DRAX AS IT FACES CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OVER RISKING WORKERS' HEALTH Climate justice campaigners have been demonstrating online and outside Leeds Crown Court today in support of health and safety...
CAMPAIGNERS PROTEST AGAINST DRAX AS IT FACES CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OVER RISKING WORKERS’ HEALTH
Photo by Axe Drax Axe Drax Press Release Leeds 30th November 2021 Climate justice campaigners have been taking part in demonstrations online and at Leeds Magistrates Court today in support of health and safety charges against Drax Power Station, the UK’s largest...
Drax ‘burns its way through COP’ – campaigners demonstrate at forest greenwashing event
Glasgow 10th November 2021 - Climate justice campaigners have been taking part in demonstrations at COP26 in Glasgow today outside a World Bioenergy Association event featuring Drax, [1] and other bioenergy industry executives, to call for an end to Drax Power...