Biofuelwatch has published a new briefing report titled ‘Lost in the Woods: Mendocino Redwood Company Quietly Abandons Investment Plans for Biomass to Hydrogen Project.’ The report describes a proposed biomass to hydrogen project that was to be sited, built and...
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NEWSLETTER DEC 2023
Welcome to our final newsletter of 2023 full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Click here to sign up to our mailing list 1. Reflection on the year 2. MP Pledge 3. Fundraising appeal 4....
Court Orders, Refinery Fires and Deforestation Drivers: California Push for Liquid Biofuels Ignores Red Flag Warnings
Despite a series of dramatic red flag warnings about public safety and climate impacts, compounded by errors in governance, California authorities continue to push hard for completing the conversion of refineries in the San Francisco Bay Area to operate as the largest...
NEWSLETTER NOV 2023
Welcome to our latest newsletter full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. 1.Global weekend of action against fossil fuels 2.International Day of action against Big Biomass 3. Take action with your...
The Opinion Piece that California Media Will Not Publish: Moving Beyond High Carbon Bioenergy
The short text below was submitted as a commentary op/ed style piece to both CalMatters and the Sacramento Bee, two of the foremost media outlets covering political and environmental issues in the California state capitol, and across the state. Both platforms declined...
NEWSLETTER JUNE 2023
Welcome to our latest newsletter full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Click below to share this newsletter! Sign up to our mailing list 1. Effectively influence your MP to demand an end to biomass subsidies...
California Senate Doubles Down on Speculative Climate Technologies and Advances CDR Markets Bill
The California State Senate has advanced a bill, SB 308 - The Carbon Dioxide Removal Market Development Act - that would require large stationary polluters like refineries to purchase ‘negative emissions credits’ from California Air Resources Board certified ‘carbon...
NEWSLETTER FEB 2023
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2023 full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Click below to share this newsletter! Sign up to our mailing list 15 year report Reverend Leo Woodberry Hope for the...
NEWSLETTER OCT 2022
Welcome to our latest newsletter of 2022, full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Click below to share this newsletter! Sign up to our mailing list International Day of Action on Big Biomass - 22nd...
NEWSLETTER Aug 2022
Welcome to our latest newsletter of 2022, full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Click below to share this newsletter! Sign up to mailing list Please Object To Drax’s Dangerous Carbon Capture Plans...
NEWSLETTER JUNE 2022
Welcome to our latest newsletter of 2022, full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Sign up to mailing list 1. International Day of Action 2. BlackRock Briefing 3.Barclays Drop Drax 4.Report...
NEWSLETTER March 2022
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2022! It's full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, along with policy developments. We are also sending you our very best wishes to you all, due to the terrible situation in Ukraine and the latest...
Bioenergy in California
Background: For more than 5 years Biofuelwatch has been tracking and researching a variety of legislative, regulatory and permitting processes in California related to the mission of the organization to advocate for public engagement on bioenergy issues and land...
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2021
Dear Biofuelwatch supporter Welcome to our packed October 2021 newsletter full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Important reading for anyone who wants to see meaningful responses to climate change and who is...
Biofuelwatch Joins Coalition in Demanding Exhaustive Environmental Review of San Francisco Bay Area Biofuel Refinery Project
A broad coalition of local, national and international organizations have together submitted comments on the initiation of the review process for a proposed biofuels refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area. The letter, facilitated and coordinated by expert legal staff...
NEWSLETTER Feb 2021
Dear Biofuelwatch supporter Welcome to our first newsletter of 2021 full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Important reading for anyone who wants to see meaningful responses to climate change and who is...
NEWSLETTER December 2020
Dear Biofuelwatch supporter Welcome to our final update of the year. Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the year. With your continued support, we will keep working to ensure we see meaningful responses to climate change and protection of forests and...
Newsletter September 2020
We hope that you and your loved ones are keeping safe and well at this difficult time and that you have had a good summer. As we look forward to the start of autumn, we have some exciting campaign updates and upcoming events to share with you. Click here to sign up to...