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,...
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...
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...
Joint investigation into wood sourcing for Drax pellet mills in British Columbia by Conservation North, Bulkley Valley Stewardship Coalition and Biofuelwatch Drax Group Plc is a UK-based company that operates the world’s biggest biomass power station, and is also the...
Lynemouth Power Station, owned by the Czech energy company EPH, is the second biggest biomass plant in the UK after Drax and one of the biggest in the world. The power station burns up to 1.5 million tonnes of wood every year. The majority of the wood is sourced from...
Joint Letter by BiofuelwAtch, Dogwood Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council and Save Estonia's Forests, 12th June 2023 Click here for a fully referenced version Click here to read the letter in Dutch Dear Sir/Madam, We are writing you on behalf of Biofuelwatch,...
For the second year running, environmental campaigners held protests in each of the countries where Vattenfall operates biomass plants, coinciding with the company's Annual General Meeting. As well as still being a big fossil fuel burner, Vattenfall burns wood in 17...
VattenFAIL: civil society groups in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and Brussels call out Vattenfall's investments in wood bioenergy and continued fossil fuels burning 26th April 2022 – Yesterday and today, coinciding with Vattenfall’s AGM, banner protests against the...
Vatenfall must stop destroying forests and worsening climate chaos Vattenfall is today preventing young climate activists from attending their annual general meeting. In Vattenfall’s Notice to attend, it says: "The Annual General Meeting is open to the general...
Joint report by Biofuelwatch, Comite Schone Lucht, Dogwood Alliance, and Estonian Fund for Nature en Leefmilieu Click here to download the full report (updated May 2023) Click here to download the report in Dutch (updated May 2023) Executive Summary Dutch pellet...
Joint Submission by 56 Civil society organsitions to European Bank for reconstruction and development consultation on a new energy sector strategy Click here to read the letter with references and the list of signatories 2nd December 2022 Dear Sir/Madam, We thank you...
Engie Coal to Biomass Power Plant Conversion Project in Mejillones (Chile), is a False Solution for Decarbonization Joint Report by Chile Sustentable and Biofuelwatch 21st October 2022 • Engie’s plans in Chile expose the worrisome trend of converting coal-fired...