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New call on banks not to finance Galician Pulp mill

26/06/2024. Palas de Rei, Ulloa, Lugo, Galicia, España © Greenpeace/Pedro Armestre BankTrack’s Dodgy Deal launched today exposes the devastating environmental and social costs of the Altri-led mega-project. Santiago de Compostela, Spain — [30 May 2025] – A new profile of the controversial Gama pulp and paper factory proposed in Lugo, Galicia, has been published today […]

EPN Biomass Action Network at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn

The mid year UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn takes place 3 June – 13 June 2024 and EPN Biomass Action Network is represented there by several network members. Once again we are bringing opposition to biomass burning as a climate solution to the UNFCCC. A group of campaigners from our network are attending the […]

Webinar on the Pulp and Paper industry and its #BigBadBiomass investments in Europe

Biofuelwatch and EPN International present: Webinar on the Pulp and Paper industry and its #BigBadBiomass investments in Europe 19th October, 14:00 – 15:00 CEST (12.00 UTC, 13.00 BST, 15.00 EEST) Pulp and paper companies are increasingly investing in biomass plants which burn sometimes very large quantities of wood additional to the energy needs […]

International Day of Action on Packaging #MakeThrowAwayGoAway

European citizens want less waste, be it plastic or paper On September 12th 2023, European citizens and organizations from all over the world joined hands to say we need to Make Throw Away Go Away. From Spain to Poland to France, from Germany to Portugal to Sweden, from Indonesia to Italy, from Germany to Finland […]

Robin Wood’s Campaign on Cups at BackWerk

Robin Wood is a German environmental organisation that has a strong track record on forest campaigning. They have recently run successful actions focusing on Germany’s biggest bakery chain, BackWerk, including street actions and customer education. They are one of the organisations taking part in the international day of action on throwaway cups, on 22 March […]

Creating Cup Consciousness

In Tasmania, Australia, Markets for Change is gathering support for a world without throwaway cups, through an exciting movement for ‘Cup Conscious Cafes’. These are cafes who guarantee that customers will always be welcome to bring their own reusable cup for a takeaway coffee or tea. Markets for Change launched their campaign as part of […]