Solazyme/Terra Via: Synthetic Biology Company Claimed to be Capable of Replacing Palm Oil Struggles to Stay Afloat [Update: In March 2016,Solazyme announced that they are changing their name to TerraVia] A Biofuelwatch investigation of a Californian company which has...
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Declaration: Large-scale bioenergy must be excluded from the renewable energy definition
[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...
International coalition of green groups speaks out against renewable energy subsidies being spent on biofuels and burning wood
Press release: Tuesday 8th September, 2015 International coalition of green groups speaks out against renewable energy subsidies being spent on biofuels and burning wood, warning of their disastrous impacts on biodiversity, communities and climate Briefing published...
Avonmouth biomass gasifier plans rejected by Bristol City Council
Update: The application has since been approved by the Planning Inspectorate, following an appeal by the developer. However, the plant was never built and the planning consent has expired. Last night campaigners won a significant victory in their battle to stop a...
Residents and environmental campaigners to protest against ‘dirty and unsustainable’ biomass gasifier plans for Avonmouth
Residents and environmental campaigners to protest against ‘dirty and unsustainable’ biomass gasifier plans for Avonmouth For immediate release 3rd November 2014 Bristol City Councillors are to be met by air pollution and environmental protesters before Wednesday’s...
Talk for Transition & Friends of the Earth Hull, 10th November 2014
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.
BP – biofuels
Report by Biofuelwatch about BP's role in the global agrofuel industry
Shell biofuels
Report by Biofuelawtch about Shell's investments in agrofuels
UK-based agrofuel companies
Who is behind the Agrofuel Industry in the UK? Read a summary of companies and other organisations involved in the agrofuel industry in the UK , Biofuelwatch View a map of all biofuel refineries in the UK, except for those that solely use waste vegetable oil. UK...