Open Letter by Estonians calls on Denmark to stop incentivising the degradation of their forets that is resulting from wood pellet imports for Danish heat and power plants: https://martinluiga.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/art-is-a-hole-in-the-world-9-letter-to-the-danes/...
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Open Letter by Polish civil society groups opposed to increased forest wood burning for energy
Letter by 27 environmental and civil society organizations from Poland, to the European Commission, urging them to act to prevent Polish government biomass energy plans which would devastate Polisy forests. Click here to download.
Letter by Polish scientists opposing plans to use more forest wood for energy
Click here to see the original letter in Polish, with the list of signatories. Translation: Warsaw, 27 July 2020 To: 1. Mr. Michał WośMinister of Environment 2. Mr. Tomasz GrodzkiMarshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Subject: Government bill amending the...
International Forest Campaigners Urge Dutch Government to Act following SER’s Advice to Phase Out Biomass Power and Heat
9th July 2020 – US American and Estonian forest campaigners welcome the conclusion of the Social and Economic Council (SER) in the Netherlands that the burning wood for heat or electricity should be phased out [1] and call on the Dutch government to act immediately to...
Environmental groups denounce deeply flawed EU consultation on the Climate Target Roadmap 2030
Amsterdam, 23rd June 2020 - Global Forest Coalition is a coalition of 100 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Organisations who work to protect and defend forests, social justice and the rights of forest peoples. We write to express our deep concerns about the impacts...
RESOURCES ON BIOMASS
Biomass campaign materials and briefings A list of peer-reviewed studies, NGO reports, briefings and letters on biomass Why biomass electricity should not receive renewable energy subsidies Frequently Asked Questions about Biomass - and their answers Biomass Basics...
CUT CARBON NOT FORESTS: HARD-HITTING CAMPAIGN URGES UK POLICYMAKERS TO BUILD A TRUE CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY AND END DIRTY BIOMASS SUBSIDIES
Environmental advocacy groups join forces in fresh appeal for MPs to redirect biomass subsidies towards truly clean and renewable energy sources like solar and wind [add-this] LONDON (22 June, 2020) – A coalition of environmental advocacy groups have launched Cut...
Biomass report by Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency slammed as a “greenwash” by international environment campaigners
Amsterdam, 8th May, 2020 - Today’s publication of a long-awaited biomass report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has been greeted with alarm by international environmental organizations [1] who denounce it for failing for biomass subsidies in the...
Love trees, #AxeDrax! online day of action, 22 April
Thank you to everbody who took part in this online protest and for all your wonderful photos! Please scroll down below to see the many contributions - including three videos. And look at #AxeDraxNotTrees on Twitter for the many different tweets sent on the day!...
32 organisations worldwide call on BlackRock to drop Drax
A coalition of 32 environmental organisations worldwide has sent a letter to the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, asking it to divest from Drax Plc, owner of the world’s largest wood-burning power station in the UK, and to clarify its position on biomass...
BlackRock Open Letter
Dear Michelle Edkins, Head of Responsible Investing, We represent 32 environmental organizations based in over 17 countries worldwide with expertise in biomass power. Consistent with your new focus on climate change and your policy on coal, we urge you to divest from...
Open Letter calling on the Government to redirect renewable subsidies from biomass burning to genuinely renewable energy
To sign the Open Letter, please email: biofuelwatch@gmail.com or complete the Google form here. For a pdf copy of the letter to download and print, please see here To the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, and the Energy Minister The...
UK: END BIOMASS SUBSIDIES
Demand an end to subsidies for tree burning! Did you know that the UK Government is wasting millions of pounds a year subsidising tree burning for electricity at power stations like Drax, the UK’s single largest carbon emitter and the world’s biggest tree burner, with...
Biofuelwatch and Global Forest Coalition briefing about biomass sustainability standards
[add-this] Please click here to read full report Can sustainability and greenhouse gas standards protect the climate, forests and communities from the harmful impacts of wood-based bioenergy? Logging site from which Enviva pellet mill was supplied, North Carolina,...
Biofuelwatch report about climate finance for biomass cookstoves
Improved biomass cookstoves: should they receive climate finance? Report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch that contributes to Global Forest Coalition research into German climate finance. Summary: Clean and efficient biomass cookstoves have been attracting...
Open Letter from NGOs in pellet producer countries to Dutch policy makers
Open Letter by 36 environmental organisations in Estonia and the USA to Ddutch policy makers opposing subsidies for biomass co-firing with coal and in dedicated biomass plants
Lough Ree Power Station objection, August 2019
Along with Dogwood Alliance and in support of Friends of the Irish Environment, we submitted an objection to the Irish Lough Ree peat-fired power station proposal to extend its operations and convert to biomass in August 2019. Both peat and biomass are destructive,...
Campaigners call on Government to stop Drax from fuelling environmental injustice, forest destruction and climate breakdown
Campaigners and communities call on Government to stop Drax from fuelling environmental injustice, forest destruction and climate breakdown For immediate release London, 9th October 2019 - A coalition of campaigners have gathered outside the Department for...