Biofuelwatch works to raise awareness of the negative impacts of industrial biofuels and bioenergy on biodiversity, human rights, food sovereignty and climate change. Based in UK and US, we work with national and international partners to expose and oppose the social and environmental damages resulting from bioenergy-driven increased demand for industrial agriculture and forestry monocultures.
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Drax AGM targeted over biomass conversion plans

Protest outside Drax AGM

UPDATE: Please also see the International Open Letter: Converting coal plans to burn biomass only replaces one disaster with another

For a background briefing about Coal-to-Biomass Conversions in the UK, click here.

For immediate use 24th April 2013

50 people are taking part in a demonstration and rally outside the annual general more →

Report about environmental and social impact of oil palm expansion on Palawan – and two related petitions

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The environmental and social impact of oil palm expansion on Palawan UNESCO Man & Biosphere Reserve (The Philippines)

Geo-tagged report by ALDAW (Ancestral Land/Domain Watch), a member of the ICCA (Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas) Consortium

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Part 2

“A shared aspiration of our indigenous communities in Palawan is to nourish more →

The Royal Bank of Scotland: Greening Its Image with False Renewable Energy Projects.

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On the 14th of May Biofuelwatch joined Friends of the Earth Scotland at the RBS headquarters in Edinburgh to hold the bank to account for its dirty investments into fossil fuels and big biomass.

In reaction to negative publicity and increasing public pressure, RBS has been making ever greater investments into so-called renewable energy more →

Congressional Briefing on Biomass Incinerators and Human Health

Congressional Briefing on Biomass Incinerators and Human Health Sponsored by Save America’s Forests, with presentations by: + Rachel Smolker, Biofuelwatch: Air Pollution and Other Waste Emitted from Biomass Incinerators + William Sammons, M.D. • Biomass Incinerators and Ultrafine Particles + Norma Kreilein, M.D. • Air Pollution Effects on Human Health – Children and the Inflammation Response +William Blackley, M.D. • Biomass Incinerators and Dioxin more →