The plenary of the European Parliament will vote on the renewed Renewable Energy Directive (RED) during the week of the 15th January. This vote could see even more policy support being directed towards destructive biofuels and biomass. We believe that neither should...
Produced by Biofuelwatch in collaboration with UK and US NGOs. Annotated Bibliography on Biomass Impacts_Oct 4 2017
London 12 October 2017 From Biofuelwatch[1] For immediate release. The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy relies on growth of technologies that are not clean and one that is not feasible. The Clean Growth Strategy[2] speaks throughout of ‘sustainable biomass’, ‘clean’...
Protestors against Drax Plc in York, Liverpool and London say Divest from Biomass, Coal and Gas! 13th April 2017 Scores of people around the country are protesting against Drax Plc on the day of its AGM today, with three simultaneous demonstrations in London,...
Two new research papers by internationally-respected think tank Chatham House confirm that most wood-based bioenergy has a seriously negative impact on the climate, stating "biomass emits more carbon per unit of energy than most fossil...
Biofuelwatch, in collaboration with Heinrich Böll Foundation, has re-released a summarised version of "Last-ditch climate option or wishful thinking? Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage". It offers the first critical and in-depth analysis of a technology that...
[Signed by 132 civil society organisations and social networks from 45 different countries] - Click here for a Spanish version of this declaration. We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next...
Policy recommendations by Biofuelwatch and the United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN): Renewable Energy Subsidies in the UK: the case for excluding bioenergy and waste incineration
Can sustainability standards for bioenergy protect forests? Biofuelwatch and Global Forest Coalition poster presented to the World Forestry Congress 2015, in Durban. Download the poster here
"Jurassic World" and the Dinosaurs at the USDA, Rachel Smolker, Truthout
Contents 1.Resources on (wood) biomass for heat and power 2.Scientific studies and reports focussing on (wood) biomass for heat and power 3. Scientific articles and reports on potential impacts of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) 4. NGO...
We'll be speaking at a Transition & Friends of the Earth Hull meeting in November, and the topic of False Green Solutions and the impacts of industrial bioenergy. Monday 10th November, 7pm, Boulevard Village Hall, Hull HU3 3EJ.
Fires and explosions at biomass power infrastructure are common occurrences. The two documents linked below were put together by PT-RAPS, Port Talbot Residents Against Power Stations, and list 76 reported pellet fires and wood dust explosions over a four year period,...
We'll be facilitating a workshop on industrial bioenergy and its impacts, with Avonmouth Coalition Against Big Biofuels. EF! Summer Gathering - 28-31 August, South West