November 25, 2025
After more than a decade working with the Environmental Paper Network, Peg Putt has decided to retire at the end of the year. A valued colleague and inspiring campaigner, Peg will be missed at EPN, however she assures us that she’ll remain engaged and active by continuing on in an advisory role on EPN International’s […]
Read MoreNovember 20, 2025
Download press release here BELÉM, BRAZIL – [20th November 2025] – Red flags are flying for forests as negotiations head into the final days at COP 30, with latest texts revealing unacceptable weakening of earlier versions, apparently in the interests of securing a cover decision no matter the cost to the biosphere and climate, […]
Read MoreNovember 20, 2025
Opinion piece by Davi Martins who is on the ground at COP30 with BAN’s Biomass Taskforce I hear voices coming through the thin corridor walls. Lingering in the dense atmosphere that has set inside the Blue Zone lies a never ending, unforgiving whisper. You might not notice immediately, but it’s there and it will defy […]
Read MoreNovember 17, 2025
The Biomass Action Network (BAN) has been on the ground in Belém, making waves during the critical first week of COP30. As the Brazilian Presidency heavily promotes biofuels as a silver bullet to transition away from fossil fuels, BAN and its allies are stepping in to provide crucial information, translating the language on biofuels and […]
Read MoreNovember 12, 2025
[Português abaixo] We are pleased to share a new briefing from the Biomass Action Network’s Latin America Working Group, created in collaboration with the Global Forest Coalition, that exposes the devastating impacts of industrial-scale biomass energy in Latin America. While governments and corporations promote biomass as “green” energy, this expansion is driving deforestation, water scarcity, […]
Read MoreNovember 10, 2025
Taking place at the gateway to the Brazilian Amazon, The UNFCCC COP 30 in Belém has been heavily sold as the “Amazon” and “Forests” COP by the Brazilian government. What could be a unique opportunity to protect a tropical forest that is drastically reaching its tipping point, has instead seen the exact opposite in the […]
Read MoreNovember 7, 2025
BELÉM, BRAZIL – [7th November 2025] – Relying on a four times expansion of liquid and gaseous biofuels set out in the Belem 4X Pledge on Sustainable Fuels, together with expanding large-scale stationary power generation from woody biomass as an alleged climate solution, carries profound risks and will exacerbate the climate crisis, harm biodiversity, and […]
Read MoreOctober 24, 2025
The Environmental Paper Network proudly celebrates our founder, Susan Kinsella, who has been honored with the 2025 Lifetime Achievement in Recycling Award from the National Recycling Coalition (NRC). The award, presented during the National Recycling Congress at Wichita State University, recognizes Susan’s decades of leadership transforming how paper is made, purchased, and understood – and […]
Read MoreOctober 20, 2025
** A report released today shows that a handful of major economies spent nearly $250 billion on biomass subsidies over 22 years from 2002-2024. ** This is likely an underestimate: it does not cover all years, does not include all subsidies that might benefit biomass (due in part to flawed reporting and a lack of […]
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