Sophie Bastable - Environmental Paper Network

Climate justice campaigners hold Day of Action urging Vattenfall to move Beyond Burning

Street protests in Germany, Netherlands and UK accompanied by international social media action, denouncing Vattenfall’s investments in wood bioenergy as well as continued fossil fuel burning 27th April 2022 – Today, ahead of tomorrow’s Vattenfall AGM, banner protests against the company’s investment in and expansion of wood bioenergy are being held at the site of […]

Stop Burning Trees! April Day of Action against Biomass Baddies

A banner protest which took place on 27th of April outside Vattenfall’s Moabit Power Station in Berlin, Germany. During April several biomass industry events are taking place in Europe, including the AGMs of Drax and Vattenfall and the Argus Biomass Conference. Members of our Forest, Climate and Biomass Working group held a day of action […]

New case study on the impacts of a biomass power station linked to a pulp and paper mill in South Africa

Picture: A Sappi logging site and pine plantation near Ngodwana, South Africa. EPN’s Forests, Climate and Biomass working group have published a new case study, undertaken by our South Africa based member group GeaSphere. The case study looks into the biomass power station built by Ngodwana Pulp and Paper mill and the impacts of burning […]

International Day of Forests: countries need to elevate forest protection and restoration over endless exploitation

Bielefeld, Germany, 21 March 2022 – On the International Day of Forests, the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) is sounding the alarm about the growing threats to the world’s forests, posed by the biomass energy and pulp & paper industries. Governments should become aware that the industries’ current levels of forest exploitation and growing volumes of […]

Over 170 Groups Worldwide Stand Up Against Forest Biomass, a False Climate Solution

Activists Call on UN Climate Conference to Fix Flawed GHG Accounting Rules For immediate release Sydney/Tokyo/Delhi/Johannesburg/Brussels/Washington and more, 21st October 2021 – Leading into COP 26, over 170 non-government organisations worldwide have been taking action today – the International Day of Action on Biomass – to highlight the impacts of biomass energy, a false solution […]

International Day of Action on Big Biomass Round Up

Organised by EPN’s Forest, Climate & Biomass Working Group The 21st of October 2021 witnessed a terrific turn out from our member groups and their members from all around the world for the International Day of Action on Big Biomass. Thank you to everyone who took part! Below is a summary of some of […]