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DECC’s revised biomass sustainability criteria are misleading and meaningless 22 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm

Biofuelwatch media release – for immediate use 22nd August 2013 Media contact: Duncan Law 07958 635181 DECC’s new sustainability conditions for biomass electricity generation to receive Renewable Ob...

Response to Defra consultation on Local Air Quality Management 22 Aug 2013 | 03:03 pm

Biofuelwatch response to Defra’s “Consultation on options to improve air quality management in England”

Tell Defra: Cut air pollution, not air quality monitoring 22 Aug 2013 | 02:52 pm

Air pollution in the UK reduces average life expectancy by two years and contributes to up to 200,000 early deaths every year, according to a government advisory body.  Biomass expansion alone has bee...

Chris Huhne’s new job sheds light on cosy relationship between DECC and energy companies 15 Aug 2013 | 04:09 pm

Biofuelwatch media release – for immediate use Thursday 15th August 2013 Media Contact: Oliver Munnion 07917693337 Chris Huhne’s new job sheds light on cosy relationship between DECC and energy comp...

No to biofuel and biomass plant in Llangefni 14 Aug 2013 | 03:33 pm

In May 2012, Anglesey County Council’s Planning Committee decided unanimously to refuse a planning application which comprised a biofuel as well as a biomass (wood) power station and also a pellet pla...

International environmental and human rights campaigners condemn RSPO conference in Honduras 6 Aug 2013 | 02:19 pm

International environmental and human rights campaigners condemn RSPO conference in Honduras: Expanding palm oil empires in the name of ‘green energy’ and ‘sustainable development’ Joint press releas...

Who is benefitting? The social and economic impact of three large-scale land investments in Sierra Leone 26 Jul 2013 | 03:51 pm

Who is benefitting? The social and economic impact of three large-scale land investments in Sierra Leone: A cost-benefit analysis The three investments examined are: + Addax Bioenergy (SL) Limited, ...

The Problem With Biochar 24 Jul 2013 | 02:58 pm

The article below appeared in The Ecologist online on Tuesday 23rd July. It can be accessed here Almuth Ernsting of Biofuelwatch conducts a comprehensive analysis of the pros and cons of Biochar, a c...

Clean Air Worth Fighting For – Trafford biomass campaign fights on 24 Jul 2013 | 02:36 pm

PRESS RELEASE (22nd JULY 2013). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From: The BREATHE CLEAN AIR GROUP. (tel. 0161 748 3123) Title: CLEAN AIR WORTH FIGHTING FOR. Members and supporters of the Breathe Clean Air Gr...

A Foreseeable Disaster: The European Union’s agroenergy policies and the global land and water grab 11 Jul 2013 | 05:01 pm

A Foreseeable Disaster: The European Union’s agroenergy policies and the global land and water grab, report by Helena Paul, published by Transnational Institute, FDCL and Econexus for Hands off the La...

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