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Biomass (solid)
EPH’s biomass business in Europe
Click here to download the briefing German version of the report Summary The EP holding (EPH) is one of Europe’s largest investors in climate-damaging energy, primarily in fossil fuels, but also in wood-fired power plants in Germany, the UK, the Czech Republic,...
EPH’s Biomasse Business in Europa
Bitte hier klicken um den Report herunterzuladen Report auf Englisch Zusammenfassung Die EP-Holding (EPH) ist eine der größten europäischen Investoren in klimaschädliche Energie, vor allem in fossile Brennstoffe, aber auch in Holzkraftwerke in Deutschland,...
Beating Europe’s forests to a pulp
The scale of biomass-burning at the EU's pulp and paper mills - Joint Report by Biofuelwatch and Environmental Paper Network Click here to download the report as a pdf Summary This investigation aims to quantify the scale of primary woody biomass burning for energy...
Biofuels (liquid)
Whistleblowers reveal profound failure of ISCC to implement biofuel “sustainability standards”
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Shipping industry’s biofuels plan threatens rainforests, communities and climate
Open Letter to the Secretariat of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Click here to read the letter in Spanish 17th February, 2025 - The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) will soon finalise its negotiations on key climate laws for international...
A conversion to biofuels cannot be part of a Just Transition for Grangemouth
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Industrial tree plantations, incl. GE trees and short-rotation coppicing
GE Trees: Columbus Day and the Colonization of Land, Trees and Genes
Huffington Post article by Rachel Smolker I spent the past several days participating in the Indigenous Environmental Network Campaign to Stop GE Trees Action Camp in the Qualla Boundary, homelands of the Eastern Band Cherokee in North Carolina. Participants included...
Groups: Sign on to stop GE Trees in Brazil
Campaign to STOP GE Trees – Sign On to Support the call by Brazilian and Latin American groups to reject G.E. eucalyptus trees: Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano wants to commercially plant Genetically Modified eucalyptus in Brazil. Suzano is responsible...
Genetically Engineered Trees: The New Frontier of Biotechnology
Genetically Engineered Trees: The New Frontier of Biotechnology, Report by Center for Food Safety
Regional
Profit at any Cost: A battle between big business and sustainable lifestyles – Northern Ghana
Report by Deepak Rughani, Biofuelwatch
Campaigners to hand over more than 10,000 signatures for release of Indonesian palm oil campaigner: EU Renewable Energy Directive implicated in Human Rights Abuse in Sumatra
Joint press release by Biofuelwatch, Down to Earth, Rettet den Regenwald e.V. Watch Indonesia!
British NGOs challenge Indonesian government and industry on palm oil claims
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Biochar
Biochar: Black Gold or Just Another Snake Oil Scheme?
Biochar: Black Gold or Just Another Snake Oil Scheme?, Rachel Smolker, Earth Island Journal
Biochar: A Cause for Concern?
Biochar: A Cause for Concern?, Almuth Ernsting, The Ecologist Blog
Report about Biochar Fund Trials in Cameroon
Biochar Fund Trials in Cameroon: Hype and Unfulfilled Promises [about 1 MB] , by researcher Benoit Anthony Ndameu and Biofuelwatch, 29th November 2011 To download the Executive Summary only, please click here. Report about Biochar Fund's trials in South-west Cameroon,...
Air Pollution from Bioenergy
Congressional Briefing on Biomass Incinerators and Human Health
Congressional Briefing on Biomass Incinerators and Human Health Sponsored by Save America's Forests, with presentations by: + Rachel Smolker, Biofuelwatch: Air Pollution and Other Waste Emitted from Biomass Incinerators + William Sammons, M.D. • Biomass Incinerators...
Air Emissions and Health Risks from Vegetable Oil Burning
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Carbon trading in agriculture, soils and forests
Agriculture and Climate Change: Real Problems, False Solutions
Report published by NOAH (Friends of the Earth Denmark), Grupo de Reflexion Rural, Econexus and Biofuelwatch. Updated Report
REDD Alert
Article by Deepak Rughani and Almuth Ernsting, published on China Dialogue.
Carbon dealers – Papua and Aceh, Aceh’s and Papua’s proposals for greenhouse gas emissions reductions
Report by Marianne Klute of Watch Indonesia.
Synthetic biology
Beware False Promises: Algal Oils and Other Products of Synthetic Biology Aren’t About to Save the Orangutan…. But Carry Serious New Risks.
Joint briefing by Biofuelwatch and Friends of the Earth United States: Beware False Promises: Algal Oils and Other Products of Synthetic Biology Aren’t About to Save the Orangutan.... But Carry Serious New Risks [add-this] “Algal oil” and “oily yeast” have been...
Response to Consultation on draft Convention on Biological Diversity reports on synthetic biology
Biofuelwatch response to the Consultation on the “Updated report and synthesis of views in response to paragraph 7(b) of decision XII/24” and the “Report of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology”
Comments submitted to EPA Workshop for Public Input on Considerations for Risk Assessment of Genetically Engineered Algae
Comments submitted to: EPA Workshop for Public Input on Considerations for Risk Assessment of Genetically Engineered Algae, EPA Docket Number: EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0508 by Rachel Smolker