Thank You for Joining the Break Big Biomass Webinar! Over 600 people participated in the Break Big Biomass Webinar on April 7, 2025 to learn about the harmful environmental and health impacts of industrial biomass energy. We discussed the detrimental effects that this industry has imposed on communities, and explored actionable steps to address these […]
Read MoreAn article in Mongabay entitled “Forest biomass growth to soar through 2030, impacting tropical forests”, highlights EPN’s new Biomass Threat Maps and the report “Burning Up the Biosphere” published by the Biomass Action Network. The piece, by Justin Catanoso, states: The harvesting and burning of forest biomass to produce energy continues to surge, according to a […]
Read MoreIn 2024 our planet has endured epic flooding in southern Poland, the southeastern US, and southeastern Spain, in addition to wildfires in Portugal and California. EPN-North America is headquartered in Western North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene recently left a devastating mark in the region. Our EPN-North America staff witnessed both heartbreaking losses and the resilience […]
Read MoreOpen Letter to the Global Timber Industry In Support of the International Day of Action on Big Biomass October 21 From the Biomass Action Network’s Africa Working Group — Dear Members of the Timber Industry, On behalf of the Biomass Action Network’s Africa Working Group, we write to you on this International Day of Action on […]
Read MorePhoto: Drax wood pellet mill in Smithers, B.C., Canada Feb. 2022, photo credits to Bulkley Valley Stewardship Coalition by Ruairi Brogan, RSPB, United Kingdom, and active member of the Biomass Action Network team at the climate talks Question: Which source has the biggest share of renewable energy in OECD countries primary energy mix? Answer: […]
Read MoreThe meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) that took place in May in Nairobi ended in disarray, as Parties ended up in polarized discussions
about financial resources and other means of implementation for the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) that was adopted in December 2022. As a
result, no agreement was reached on many issues.
On 28 November, Mr. Antônio Sapezeiro, leader of the Quilombola community of Nova Vista in Sapê do Norte, São Mateus, (Espirito Santo, Brazil) was filmed lying, immobilised and defenceless, on the concrete road, surrounded by Suzano security guards and military police officers called by them. This is not uncommon behaviour for Suzano, the biggest pulp […]
Read MoreAction Toolkit – Contact Your MEP What’s happening? The plenary vote on packaging waste (PPWR) is approaching fast. This is where the entire European Parliament, all 705 MEPs, will vote on the EU rules on packaging waste (PPWR) and we need to gather as much support as we can from all the MEPs to ensure […]
Read MoreDeforestation is expanding again in the tropical rainforests of Borneo. And indigenous peoples are not backing down from defending their land. The timber company PT Mayawana Persada is expanding its plantations in the forests of the Dayak indigenous people of Kualan Hilir. PT Mayawana Persada is linked to the conglomerate controlled by Sukanto Tanoto, which also owns APRIL […]
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