[Spanish, Bahasa and German translations are available by emailing biochar_concerns@yahoo.co.uk ] ‘Biochar’, a new big threat to people, land, and ecosystems Keep ‘biochar’ and soils out of carbon trading Caution urged against proposals for ...
On 4th June, Newham Council recommended approval of the company Blue NG's planning application for an agrofuel CHP plant which would burn 56,000 litres of virgin vegetable oil per day, despite hundreds of residents having signed a petition against ...
Biofuelwatch and the London Food not Fuel group are campaigning against plans for the UK's first vegetable oil power plant. The company Blue NG has applied to Newham LBC for planning permission to build a large CHP plant which could only run on ...
During the current Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference in Bonn, Via Campesina and other social movements and activists have been organising a series of protests under the motto "Nature for people, not for business". 22nd May saw a ...
On 15th April, mandatory biofuel blending will be introduced across the UK. This will guarantee a UK market for agrofuels, despite strong evidence that agrofuel monocultures are linked to large-scale deforestation, high food prices, biodiversity ...
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Dozens of members of the Indonesian Civil Society Forum, indigenous peoples organizations and social movements were joined by members of Friends of the Earth International, the Global Forest Coalition and others to protest at the launch of the World ...
On 8th December, the Indonesian Civil Society Forum organised a march for Climate Justice, which was attended by about 2,000 people - mainly Indonesians, joined by members of international NGOs.The Bali Climate Justice March was very different from ...
Below is the press release Biofuelwatch sent out after the banner protest. The Biofuelwatch event was separate from the direct action protest inside the Conference reported here: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/10/383831.html?c=on#c182989 . ...
The alert at http://www.climateark.org/alerts/send.asp?id=colombia_biofuel is supported by a Colombian human rights organisation, the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace. Colombia is embarking on an aggressive biofuel and palm oil ...
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