The Drax Whistleblower Case: Its Significance for UK Biomass Policy
The tribunal has revealed deep dysfunction at Drax but also what looks a lot like willful blindness on the part of the government.
International
How bureaucrats are trying to trick UK lawmakers about biomass and Drax
Recent Parliamentary hearings showcased how hard the government is working to protect the energy giant
UK biomass company Drax caught in forest destruction cover-up. US policymakers, take note.
UK bioenergy giant Drax has repeatedly lied about logging primary forests in British Columbia to make wood pellets. US policymakers must not trust this company.
EU climate, nature and air quality goals are in jeopardy because of wood-burning for energy, new study shows
Climate-critical land carbon sink is rapidly declining, while harvesting and burning wood for biomass energy continues to grow
Environmental coalition sues the European Commission over inclusion of biomass and forestry activities in EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
EU Commission has refused to reconsider taxonomy, which directs ‘sustainable investment’ towards activities causing immense environmental harm.
European Parliament Takes First Step to Limit Forest Biomass Energy in the Renewable Energy Directive
Environmental groups expressed grave concerns that measures adopted by the European Parliament (EP) do not go far enough to limit the use of forest biomass in the Renewable Energy Directive
Challenging Greenwashing, NGOs Take Aim at Sweeping EU Finance Policy
“Green” investment criteria for bioenergy and forestry will increase emissions and degrade forests
EU climate plan bets on non-existent technology to reduce emissions
Plans for climate neutrality rely on doubling biomass burning and trapping CO2 using geological storage, locking EU into climate failure.
Estonian law student takes on state-owned Finnish forestry company in battle to save her childhood singing fields
Case could make it easier for communities and NGOs to protect forests across Estonia, where vital woodland has been decimated by industrial logging
Korean solar industry makes unprecedented legal challenge to “green” credentials of biomass energy
Canadian citizen joins suit against Korean government alleging irreparable harm to forests and climate from use of British Columbia wood pellets
