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.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
NOT A CONFERENCE! A CALL TO ACTION! October 11-14, 2019 Shawnee National Forest (U.S)
We are pleased to sponsor: The 2019 North American Forest & Climate Movement Convergence Shawnee National Forest, Southern Illinois (U.S.) October 11 through October 14 2019– culminating on Indigenous Peoples’ Day To join us register here “This...
BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal
A documentary about the burning of wood at an industrial scale for energy, "BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?" tells the little-known story of the accelerating destruction of our forests for fuel, and probes the policy loopholes, huge subsidies, and blatant...
Ireland’s peat power stations must be shut down, not gradually converted to biomass
Open letter by 33 environmental organisations in the USA Click here for the full version of the letter with references and the list of signatories. As conservation and environmental justice organizations in the United States, we are deeply concerned about plans by...
GE Trees: Presentation to the National Academy of Sciences
Forests in Crisis - but Biotechnology is not the Solution On 27th March 2018, members of Biofuelwatch and Global Justice Ecology presented evidence to the National Academies of Sciences via a webinar about the impacts and dangers of genetically engineered...
Chatham House report confirms disastrous climate impacts of large-scale wood-based bioenergy
Two new research papers by internationally-respected think tank Chatham House confirm that most wood-based bioenergy has a seriously negative impact on the climate, stating "biomass emits more carbon per unit of energy than most fossil...
Parliamentary Biomass Briefing
On 14 December 2016, Biofuelwatch organised a Briefing in Committee Room 10 in the House of Commons. It was co-hosted by Glyn Davies MP (Conservative, Environmental Audit Committee), Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP) and Caroline Lucas (Co-leader of the Green Party). It...
Two #AxeDrax protests in one week
In collaboration with Coal Action Network and the London Mining Network, Biofuelwatch went to protest against subsidies for Drax's biomass burning at the new department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). This department was created to take on some of...
#AxeDrax, October 22
(and October 19th in London) Update: See here for a report on these two demos, including photos and links to video footage, and here for notice of the next one in April 2017. Demo and celebration at Drax Power Station (near South Gate), 22nd October 2016, 1 - 5 pm....
Can sustainability standards for bioenergy protect forests? World Forestry Congress 2015
Can sustainability standards for bioenergy protect forests? Biofuelwatch and Global Forest Coalition poster presented to the World Forestry Congress 2015, in Durban. Download the poster here
Video of Save our Southern (SOS) Forests Tour in US.
US NGO Dogwood Alliance have released a video of their recent Tour of hotspots of the wood pellet industry in the southern US. They travelled 2,200 miles through 8 states, held 10 community events in 6 different cities and, with the help of 37 diverse partner...
Biomass Resources
Contents 1.Resources on (wood) biomass for heat and power 2.Scientific studies and reports focussing on (wood) biomass for heat and power 3. Scientific articles and reports on potential impacts of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) 4. NGO...