Powerful protests in Germany as ROBIN WOOD opposes wood-burning biomass in EU coal plants and exposes the “residues” myth and rampant greenwashing by industry.
Partner update (Germany): ROBIN WOOD’s Campaign Against Wood Burning Power Plants
Washington Timber Auction Paused in Legacy Forests
Controversial timber sale “paused” in Wishbone WA as NGOs sue after Washington Department of Natural Resources fails to look at climate impacts.
The Nature Restoration Law is essential for the future of forests (and the planet)
It’s not complicated, what we need to do for forests. But it won’t be simple either.
EU policymakers agree on new restrictions on forest biomass in the Renewable Energy Directive
In the wake of the IPCC’s most frightening report yet, as we see the collapse of the forest carbon sink due to overlogging for biomass fuel, it’s a no-brainer to slam the brakes on logging forests for renewable energy
NGOs call on Energy Council to end support for burning forests as renewable energy
The current reform to forest biomass policy supported by the Council will lead to ecosystem and climate collapse
115 US and Canadian NGOs to EU: For how long will you keep destroying our forests for fuel?
For how long will European leaders ignore the science of climate change and treat burning woody biomass as “zero-carbon,” renewable energy? For how long will you countenance the continued destruction of forests for fuel, rather than invest in true climate solutions?
Debunking the obviously misleading claims of the “Joint Letter on Bioenergy” signed by 10 member states
Who would sign such a letter when it’s claims can so easily be disproven?
The so-called GHG criteria for biomass are an industry-written fraud
The wood pellet industry is already meeting the so-called “rigorous” standard that the RED would impose. The standards are meaningless.
An open letter on forest biomass from scientists and NGOs to policymakers
The future of Europe’s forests should not be decided by a Presidency that has been pushing for years to increase their exploitation – this is an explicit conflict of interest.
Global evidence that big trees are hugely important for mitigating climate change
Logging big trees to replace them with younger, fast-growing trees is a fool’s errand when it comes to climate.
“Is total ecosystem obliteration bad for wildlife?” muse the ecosystem-destroyers (time to #DebunkTheJunk!)
Today’s clearcutting is conducted with heavy equipment weighing 25 to 50 tons each, rolling on large tires that crush the land
Burning salvaged wood should not count as renewable energy
Burning salvaged wood increases emissions compared to fossil fuels and can seriously degrade ecosystems.
NGOs file two ground-breaking lawsuits to protect the forest carbon sink and demand real climate action
Using all the tools in the toolbox – including litigation – is the only path forward now to secure a livable future for people and ecosystems.
Class action lawsuit alleges wood pellet maker Enviva is “engaged in textbook greenwashing”
We’re shocked – shocked! – to hear of Enviva’s “reckless disregard for the truth”
Burning forest biomass undermines climate, health, and nature goals
Rarely do policymakers get an opportunity to do so much by *stopping* doing something.