International Day of Forests? Why are we still burning trees for energy? Join in on Twitter using #StopFakeRenewables
#AxeDrax
U.K end #biomass subsidies, it's devastating nature & carbon rich, irreplaceable primary growth forests!
@UKLabour - @Ed_Miliband @AnnaMcMorrin @paulmasonnews
@TheGreenParty - @carla_denyer @AdrianRamsay @ZackPolanski
#StopFakeRenewables @biofuelwatch
EU decision makers are about to decide what to do about the Renewable Energy Directive (#RED) which has led Europe to sacrifice “its ancient forests for energy”.
But the #BiomassIndustry is lobbying hard against better rules.
Here is an overview
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Heute Nachmittag startet in Brüssel die voraussichtlich letzte Verhandlungsrunde über künftige Regelungen zu #Erneuerbare|n Energien (RED III).
Auch wie es mit der #Holzverbrennung weitergeht könnte sich dann entscheiden.
Meine PM dazu:
https://www.martin-haeusling.eu/presse-medien/pressemitteilungen/2973-wie-geht-es-weiter-mit-grossflaechiger-holzverbrennung-in-der-eu.html
#StopFakeRenewables
The next days are key for whether the EU (and the planet!) can avoid climate collapse. The EU is burning up the carbon sink by burning forest #biomass. But currently, policymakers are acting like climate-change deniers. #StopFakeRenewables https://bit.ly/3zgtVLC @sweden2023eu
@W_Lucht And it probably treats wood-burning as "zero" emissions, on top of that.
@ArielBrunner @markuspieperMEP And not just them!
https://forestdefenders.eu/wood-product-manufacturers-speak-out-against-burning-wood-for-energy/
É para isto que estamos a encerrar centrais a carvão? Para queimar 🔥 árvores 🌲 para produzir energia !!!
👇 #StopFakeRenewables #biomass
Since #RED started in 2009, #CO2 emissions from #biomass combustion have increased by around 50% while Europe’s land sink has degraded due partly to the additional logging pressure from biomass.
cc @markuspieperMEP
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Hoje é um dia importante #RED
#StopFakeRenewables #Biomass 🔥🌳
EU decision makers are about to decide what to do about the Renewable Energy Directive (#RED) which has led Europe to sacrifice “its ancient forests for energy”.
But the #BiomassIndustry is lobbying hard against better rules.
Here is an overview
#thread
@gvacchiano @RebeccaSolnit And tree-BURNING. #biomass is not "carbon neutral"
@RebeccaSolnit Here's an issue that is getting increasing coverage, but still not enough. And EU policymakers are about to make the wrong choice. The EU is burning wood from all over the world for energy. https://www.euractiv.com/section/biomass/opinion/eu-countries-must-stop-undermining-biomass-policy-reform/
@MichaelEMann @SeniorSlippers @IPCC_CH And REDUCTIONS in biomass burning. https://www.pfpi.net/the-ipccs-recipe-for-a-livable-planet-grow-trees-dont-burn-them/
@AnnaDeparnay @LBurnelius @markuspieperMEP Well... none of the obvious reasons pan out... https://www.euractiv.com/section/biomass/opinion/eu-countries-must-stop-undermining-biomass-policy-reform/
Word. The worsening climate emergency does not allow loopholes to please industry interests. #StopFakeRenewables @lgewessler
Tomorrow is the final trialogue meeting on the #REDIV and #REPowerEU revisions
We urge politicians to adopt a robust and broad definition of biomass to be excluded from Article 29 – it must include coarse woody debris, not just “quality roundwood” or “industrial grade roundwood”!
@Teresaribera Please be similarly progressive on #biomass. It will be impossible to avoid climate collapse if the EU keeps burning up the forest carbon sink. https://www.euractiv.com/section/biomass/opinion/eu-countries-must-stop-undermining-biomass-policy-reform/
Stora Enso coming out against wood-burning for energy: https://puunvuoro.fi/tarkkoja-valintoja/ #StopFakeRenewables @EUCouncil
@AmnellJakob Check out this list of such statements: https://forestdefenders.eu/wood-product-manufacturers-speak-out-against-burning-wood-for-energy/
@TimmermansEU @EUCouncil The Council is bad news for forests and climate, though, when it comes to the issue of forest #biomass. Mr. Timmermans, your own scientists know - burning forests for fuel is insane and ensures we overshoot 1.5C. Stand up to the Council! https://www.euractiv.com/section/biomass/opinion/eu-countries-must-stop-undermining-biomass-policy-reform/
@lgewessler @unsereOEBB Meanwhile... the planet's forests are being burned for energy.... and the Council is the reason why that's going to continue. https://www.euractiv.com/section/biomass/opinion/eu-countries-must-stop-undermining-biomass-policy-reform/
@KateAbnett The nuke thing is important but not as important to the future of the planet as the decision on forest #biomass! Humbly requesting you turn your attention here...
@L_Aagaard Meanwhile, though... we urgently need you to support reforms in the RED on #biomass. There is no way to avoid overshoot of 1.5C and climate collapse without rebuilding the forest carbon sink. You got a special mention in this piece, by the way! https://www.euractiv.com/section/biomass/opinion/eu-countries-must-stop-undermining-biomass-policy-reform/
Britiske politikere fra både Labour og Konservative er blevet bekymrede ifht fortsat støtte til biomasse.
Det ser vi ikke rigtig her i DK, hvor @regeringDK bakker 100% op om afbrændingslobbyen fra @GreenPowerDK #StopFakeRenewables #dkpol #dkklima #dkenergi
Net zero tsar and senior Tories among those urging biomass subsidies rethink https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/28/net-zero-tsar-senior-tories-biomass-subsidies-rethink?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#StopFakeRenewables “Bonfire” Protest, Place du Luxembourg, Brussels
November 15, 2021, 12:30 pm
Policymakers, does this look like “zero emissions” energy to you? Stop burning our forests for fuel!
Click here to sign a petition to policymakers all over Europe: Stop burning forests for “renewable energy”
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EU Day of Action against burning forests for energy
July 1st, 2021
The EU must stop burning forest wood for “renewable energy”
Would you like help stop the burning of forests for renewable energy in the EU? On July 1st, join our photo campaign – take a picture or selfie with your favourite tree, then post it on social media using #StopFakeRenewables (details below)
Why? On July 14th, the EU will release proposed legislation determining whether the EU will continue to burn trees for “renewable energy.” EU decision makers need to hear from us that they should protect forests, not log them to be burned in coal plants. We need to send a strong message now – burning forests should not be part of the EU’s renewable energy policy.
How to participate:
1. Download and print out this tree placard – available in English, French, and German
A normal A4 piece of paper would do it – (preferably on recycled paper though!)
2. Pick a tree.
It can be your favourite tree, it can be a tree in a forest, in a park, in front of an iconic building or elsewhere. You choose!
3. Attach the sign to your tree of choice with strings.
Punch two holes in the sign and thread through string, twine or even shoelaces at the top and bottom of the warning sign. Tie the sign around the tree.
4. Take a nice photo or selfie with the sign on your tree.
5. Share your photo on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp using the hashtag #StopFakeRenewables and tag EU leaders @vonderleyen and @TimmermansEU
Feel free to add hashtags of your own creation and tag the energy minister in your country who also has a big say in stopping this madness.
6. Please take the sign back home after you have taken a photo.
It’s important you take the sign home. Recycle it or stick it in your window.
Delivering the petition signatures in Brussels
June 15th, 2021
Today, June 15th, the petition to demand forest biomass be removed from the EU Renewable Energy Directive, is being delivered in Brussels to EU Vice President Frans Timmermans through his chief of cabinet, Diederik Samson. The petition is supported by 126 NGOs and has been signed by 219,759 people, an incredible show of support for forest protection over the use of forests for fuel. We’re keeping the petition open, so you can still sign if you haven’t yet… but today the policymakers hear from us directly.
Bringing the biomass protest to “EU Green Week”, May 31st to June 4th
Finland Hosting a Conference Themed “#Zero Pollution” – Is the EU Trolling Us?
Finland depends on burning a lot of forest wood to meet their renewable energy goals… and they consistently block efforts to reform biomass policy at the EU. Have EU policymakers developed a sense of irony? What’s the idea of having Finland host “Green Week” when the theme is “Zero Pollution”?
Anyone can send a tweet to tell EU policymakers, enough with the greenwashing! We want renewable energy that is actually zero pollution!
And please sign the petition endorsed by more than 120 NGOs calling on EU decision makers and Member States to stop counting burning forest wood toward renewable energy targets and redirect subsidies to energy efficiency and true low-emissions renewable energy sources.
Bringing the biomass protest to Brussels, May 25th and 26th
Bringing the biomass protest to Brussels, May 25th and 26th
On Tuesday 25 May and Wednesday 26 May, environmental campaigners from Forest Defenders Alliance and Dutch NGO Comité Schone Lucht (Clean Air Committee) brought the biomass message to Brussels, touring the city with a giant video screen to show EU decision makers that their biomass policies are increasing logging and causing the destruction of irreplaceable forests in the EU and beyond. The group delivered letters on biomass to several permanent representatives of EU member states.
The COVID-secure street protest shone a spotlight on the inconvenient truth that an polluting imposter hides at the centre of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (REDII) – burning trees as so-called ‘zero emission’ renewable energy. Burning forest biomass is bad for climate, human health, and forest biodiversity. It undermines the EU Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy and Zero Pollution goals. Far from being climate friendly, burning forest biomass undermines our ability to reduce emissions. Why do Brussels policymakers support burning forests for fuel, when this is making climate change worse?
Delivering letters on the problems with forest biomass to the permanent representatives of EU member states: click here to see letter delivered to French government
