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,...
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...
Open Letter to uk government signed by 63 civil society organisations in the UK and in countries exporting pellets to Drax Click here to download the letter with the list of signatories and the logos 15th July 2025 Dear Secretary of State Peter Kyle, Dear Minister...
To: Dutch Emissions Authority (Nederlandse Emissieautoriteit – NEa) Re: Enforcement request - Evidence that RWE’s wood pellet imports from Malaysia may not be compliant with SDE++ sustainability criteria From: Biofuelwatch and Comité Schone Lucht Date: 26 June 2025...
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,...
Biofuelwatch response to Greek government consultation about changes to forest management, 21st March 2025 I am writing on behalf of Biofuelwatch, a European/US non-profit organisation which has been researching and informing about the impacts of different forms of...
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...
Report by Acrescimo, IRIS, Quercus and BiofUelwatch Click here to download the report Introduction The Pilling on the Pressure report, published at the beginning of 2023, together with Biofuelwatch, revealed a worrying trend (see graph on page 7): according to the...
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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...
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Click here to read the letter with the list of 41 signatory organisations 29th July 2024 Dear Mr Giegold, We are writing to you, as the Chair of the Board of Directors of KfW, on behalf of environmental organisations in the Western Balkan region, in Germany and across...
European Nature Convention Bureau criticises Swiss government for ignoring complaint about serious damage to protected nature site 14th May 2024 - The Bureau of the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats has expressed its...
Joint open letter to Ms Anna Borg, Vattenfall CEO by Fridays for Future Sweden, Skydda Skogen (Sweden), ROBIN WOOD (Germany), Comité Schone Lucht (Netherlands) and Biofuelwatch CC to Mr Martijn Hagens (CEO Vattenfall Netherlands), Mr Alexander Van Ofwegen (Head of...
29th April 2024 – Protests are taking place in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, and the UK coinciding with Vattenfall’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) against Vattenfall’s investments in wood bioenergy as well as continued fossil fuel burning. This internationally...
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...