The case for cutting subsidies, not forests Joint report by Environmental Paper Network, Biofuelwatch, Solutions for Our Climate, Rachel Carson Council, Global Environment Facility, Dogwood Alliance, NRDC, Comité Schone Lucht, Pracownia na rzecz Wszystkich Istot,...
Summary: Drax uses advertising, lobbying meetings, donations, educational resources, academic research and sponsorship of events to gain public and political support for its tree burning and to present the company as benevolent and part of the climate solution when...
World’s largest biomass certifier allows forest destruction and rising emissions under the guise of clean energy PRESS RELEASE July 31, 2025 (SEOUL, TOKYO, LONDON) – A new international report released today warns that forests worldwide are being cut down and burned...
Joint report by Solutions for Our Climate, Global Environmental Forum, Mighty Earth, Biofuelwatch, and Biomass Action Network of the Environmental Paper Network Click here to download the report Executive Summary Faced with pressure to meet climate commitments and...
Joint Statement opposing the Draft Environmental Impact Assessment submitted by Golden State Natural Resources 20.1.2025 The undersigned 185 organizations, collectively representing hundreds of thousands of members in California, across the United States, and around...
video investigation by Biofuelwatch and Portuguese NGO Zero shows impacts of drax's pellet supplier pinewells on pine forests, including on natura 2000 site A new video investigation by Biofuelwatch and the Portuguese NGO ZERO reveals that the Pinewells pellet...
Update: In May 2024, Fulcrum closed down its plant in Reno, Nevada, and laid off most employees. For Then, in September 2024, they filed for bankruptcy. more information, click here to read article in The Chemical Engineer. Fulcrum-briefing-Feb-2024-1Download
VattenFAIL: civil society groups in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and Brussels call out Vattenfall's investments in wood bioenergy and continued fossil fuels burning 26th April 2022 – Yesterday and today, coinciding with Vattenfall’s AGM, banner protests against the...
Joint report by Biofuelwatch, Comite Schone Lucht, Dogwood Alliance, and Estonian Fund for Nature en Leefmilieu Click here to download the full report (updated May 2023) Click here to download the report in Dutch (updated May 2023) Executive Summary Dutch pellet...
California’s Forests Targeted As Feedstock for Global Wood Bioenergy Industry - Civil Society Responds With United Force to Oppose Massive Wood Pellet Export Project The opening of the environmental review of the Golden State Natural Resources wood pellet manufacture...
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...
Why hydrogen from bioenergy cannot reduce greenhouse gas emissions Deutsche Version Click here to download Executive Summary: Hydrogen is being strongly promoted by governments, especially in Europe and North America, as part of their ‘net zero’ climate strategies....
Biofuelwatch response to the Scottish Government National Planning Framework 4 Consultation (31 March 2022): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MgSqHtveX8w3kTCFfI74zkH9XSgfW55ASKmaed47k1M/edit
New Biofuelwatch briefing about BlackRock's harmful investments in energy from forest and tree plantation wood, coinciding with BlackRock's 2022 AGM. Highlighting their investments in Drax, Graanul Invest's new owners Apollo Global Management, Albioma S.A. and their...
Click here to read the letter with full references and to see the list of signatories. Letter sent to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Executive Vice President for the Green Deal Frans Timmermans, and EU Commissioners Janusz...
Street protests in Germany, Netherlands and UK accompanied by international social media action, denouncing Vattenfall’s investments in wood bioenergy as well as continued fossil fuel burning 27th April 2022 - Today, ahead of tomorrow’s Vattenfall AGM, banner protests...
Good news from the Netherlands, where campaign groups have been working hard to stop the burning of wood, much of it imported, in heat and power stations. In February 2021, the Dutch Parliament adopted a temporary stop to rule out new subsidies for biomass heat...
Joint briefing by Biofuelwatch and the Environmental Paper Network's Forests, Climate and Biomass Working Group Updated April 2024 - Note that since then, Vattenfall has sold its biomass and other heat generation and distribution assets in Berlin to the City, and has...