EPN Media Releases
Remembering Lafcadio Cortesi
by Sergio Baffoni I first met Lafcadio by hearsay. In Papua New Guinea, after having left years before, he was a legend among the clans' people. Yet, when I finally met him in person, it was a great discovery. And it was immediately an intense friendship, because it...
EPN International statement on Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine has brought a terrible toll of deaths and injuries across borders. These are horrible days for the people of Ukraine, for the civilians in Russia and Belarus, for all those caught in this conflict and for Europe, which...
Proposed conversion of former coal plant to biomass is a high risk for investors, new study shows
Portugal to decide on future of Pego power station by late February. The Pego power station in Portugal represents a high risk for investors and financiers, according to a “Dodgy Deal” briefing [1] published today by five environmental groups [2], who urged funders to...
First test of ‘net zero’ bank commitments as pulp & paper giants seek finance for expansion that could torpedo Indonesia’s climate goals
Civil society groups warn that material risks to financial institutions haven’t been disclosed New analyses released today by a coalition of civil society organizations reveal significant material risk to banks and investors exposed to two of the world’s largest pulp...
Global NGOs warn COP26 that burning forest wood for energy sabotages climate action
Declaration reacts to high-profile biomass industry greenwashing drive Glasgow, 10 November 2021 - Environmental organizations are pledging their opposition to burning forest biomass for renewable energy in a declaration issued today at the Glasgow climate conference...
COP 26 Must Shift the World from Burning All Carbon-Emitting Fuels, Including Forest Biomass
2nd November, 2021, London/Brussels - World Leaders are to be commended for their declaration of intention to save and restore forests and other natural ecosystems, but must make important, urgent changes to current policies promoting forest biomass energy if the...
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...
Pulp mill in Sumatra connected to fires and respiratory illness plans to triple production
For Immediate Release Palembang - Today, over 30 civil society organisations sent a letter to investors of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), part of the Sinar Mas Group, explaining why the expansion of APP’s OKI Pulp and Paper Mill in Sumatra, Indonesia would risk the...
Indonesian paper giant APP takes over North American Domtar, putting the company’s credibility at risk
For the pulp and paper industry, it is the take-over of the decade. Domtar shareholders decided today to sell their shares to Paper Excellence and delivered the major North American uncoated freesheet paper producer (with 21 manufacturing facilities around the world,...
Social and environmental organizations worldwide urge Domtar stakeholders to reject US$2.8 billion Paper Excellence Deal, stressing social and environmental concerns
June 24, 2021 - More than 65 organizations from North America, Indonesia and all over the world joined together today in an open letter urging Domtar shareholders, financiers, and customers to oppose the proposed acquisition of the company by rival Paper Excellence....
‘Green’ Bonds Can Worsen Social And Environmental Impacts, New Study Finds
Image: eucalyptus plantation, São Paulo. C. Gustavo Frazao/Shutterstock Berlin, 10 June 2021 - If not issued with great caution, green bonds used in the pulp sector and for industrial tree plantations are likely to carry negative social and environmental...
New IEA Roadmap is flawed: swapping burning wood for coal won’t save the climate
Berlin, 18 May 2020 – The International Energy Agency (IEA)’s roadmap released today fails to acknowledge the science that burning huge volumes of wood to substitute for burning coal is at least as emissive and climate damaging as coal in the short time frame to 2050,...