December 21, 2022
In a world leading move, Australia has excluded native forest biomass from eligibility as renewable energy source under the national Renewable Energy Target, and electricity it generates cannot be used to create tradeable Large-scale Generation Certificates. This decision recognises community concern about the impacts on forest biodiversity. Australia has the highest rate of mammal extinctions in […]
Read MoreDecember 20, 2022
Christmas came early for Suzano, but at the cost of the world’s most biodiverse savannah: the Cerrado biome in Brazil. Last Friday, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank, approved a USD 725 million loan to Suzano to build a new giant pulp mill project in Mato Grosso do Sul, in […]
Read MoreDecember 16, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2022 BRUSSELS/SYDNEY – With a world leading move, Australia has excluded native forests from eligibility as a renewable energy source under the national Renewable Energy Target, increasing pressure on Europe to exclude forest biomass from the Renewable Energy Directive. Peg Putt, Coordinator for Forests, Climate and Biomass at the Environmental […]
Read MoreDecember 14, 2022
New research released today by the Environmental Paper Network reveals the impacts of the ongoing and massive expansion of the pulp & paper industry in Mato Grosso do Sul, in Brazil’s Cerrado biome. Pulp production in the area around Três Lagoas, in the eastern corner of Mato Grosso do Sul,has exploded from zero to more […]
Read MoreDecember 6, 2022
In Paraguay, Paracel SA is building a new pulp mill, including a biomass power station and accompanying monoculture plantations. The project is well underway to severely violate indigenous rights and local communities’ rights and to inflict serious harm on biodiversity and the climate. Paracel has failed to provide complete, understandable and accessible information to the […]
Read MoreNovember 16, 2022
The most impactful way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with society’s paper consumption is to reduce or eliminate wasteful and unnecessary instances of paper use. Many companies and organizations are working to reduce their paper waste in order to reduce their footprint on the planet and are promoting opportunities for their customers to do […]
Read MoreNovember 8, 2022
This week members of EPN’s Biomass Working Group are attending COP27 in Egypt, to alert global leaders to the fact that the proliferation of biomass as a source of energy is having unacceptably high social and environmental costs around the world. In particular, they are shining a spotlight on the impacts of the biomass industry […]
Read MoreOctober 24, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2022 ASHEVILLE/TORONTO/SAN FRANCISCO – A new report released today by the Environmental Paper Network, together with Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network and Woods & Wayside International reveals in new detail the corporate ownership of Paper Excellence, which is about to become the largest pulp and forestry company in Canada. The investigation […]
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