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...
Estonia
New report by NGOs in Estonia and Latvia shows wood pellets burned by Drax Power Station linked to forest degradation in their countries
Wood pellet use by Drax Plc in Yorkshire, together with bioenergy demand from other countries in Europe, is driving intensive clearcutting in protected forests in Estonia and Latvia, a new report reveals. Hidden inside a wood pellet: intensive logging impacts in...
Open Letter: Germany must not subsidise replacing coal with forest biomass
Open Letter by Estonian and US environmental NGOs to members of the Bundesrat and other German Policymakers Click here for the German version of the letter Germany must not subsidise replacing coal with forest biomass Proposals for burning forest wood instead of coal...
Estonian letter urges Denmark to stop destroying their forests for biomass
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/...
Observations of pellet mills and logging in Estonia
In spring 2018 and July 2019, we visited a total of three Graanul Invest pellet mills in Estonia, as well as looking at the impacts of logging in the country. We have now published photos and evidence of what we saw: Estonia Logging and pellet production Graanul...
Burning trees with oil shale must not be rewarded with greenenergy subsidies
Open Letter to the Government of Estonia and to EU member states considering purchasing renewable energy certificates from Estonia Burning trees with oil shale must not be rewarded with greenenergy subsidies [Click here for a fully referenced version of the Open...