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Modernizing Delivery of Investor Disclosures: A Win for Efficiency and the Environment

June 4, 2025

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators recently introduced the Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025, a common-sense proposal to modernize investor communications by making electronic delivery the default for required disclosures, while preserving the option for paper delivery for those who prefer it. Mandated paper delivery of investor documents consumes enormous resources. According to SIFMA, […]

New call on banks not to finance Galician Pulp mill

May 30, 2025

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 […]

The Human Rights Impacts of Large-scale Biomass Energy

April 30, 2025

EPN’s Biomass Action Network has sent a letter to the UN outlining the negative impacts of large-scale “modern” biomass energy on people around the world. The submission was made in response to a call by the Special Rapporteur on Climate Change for input on the Human Rights impacts of renewable energy and critical minerals. This […]

How the pulp and paper industry is burning EU forests for energy

March 21, 2025

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] UPM Kaukas pulp mill in Finland. Credits: Ei polteta tulevaisuutta Report uncovers how millions of cubic metres of wood from the EU’s forests and plantations are being burned by the pulp and […]

Brazil rises against eucalyptus plantations: ‘These are not forests!’

March 18, 2025

Around 1000 women from Sem Terra ocupam protest in Aracruz (Espirito Santo, Brazil). Foto: © MST On March 13th, in the city of Aracruz (Espírito Santo, Brazil), 1,000 women from the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) occupied land owned by Suzano Papel e Celulose, the world’s largest pulp producer, to protest the environmental impact of […]

Thank You for Joining the Break Big Biomass Webinar on April 7th

March 12, 2025

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 […]

Forest biomass growth to soar through 2030, impacting tropical forests

March 12, 2025

An 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 […]

Burning Up the Biosphere: A Global Threat Map of Biomass Energy Development, 2024 update

February 24, 2025

New Report Exposes Massive Expansion and Serious Detrimental Impacts of Global Biomass Industry Misleadingly Defined as “Renewable” Download the Threat Map 2 page explanatory graphic A new report “Burning up the Biosphere: A Global Threat Map of Biomass Energy Development” released by the Biomass Action Network of EPN International reveals that, according to the IEA’s […]

Expanding poverty, not prosperity: the impacts of the World Bank’s industrial tree plantations in Paraguay

February 24, 2025

A new briefing from the Environmental Paper Network, Bank Information Center (BIC), AXIAL Naturaleza y Cultura, Instituto Maira, and Heñoi highlights the impacts of a proposed project by the World Bank aimed at expanding industrial tree plantations in Paraguay. The project is being put forward by the World Bank’s development arm, IBRD (International Bank for […]

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