Europe Beyond Burning

Members of the European Parliament, you have 48 hours to remove forest biomass from the EU's Renewable Energy Directive. If you don't, you will lock in increased emissions, biodiversity loss and human rights violations all while calling it 'climate friendly’. #StopFakeRenewables

The Swedish government showing its true colours in this note sent to the EU regarding the Deforestation Regulation! Sweden is blocking indigenous people RIGHT to “Free, Prior & Informed Concent in the law! #FPIC #IPCC

Today we announced the winner of the Burning Wood Award 2022: CM Biomass🔥🌳🔥 The company is a well deserved winner. Their business model is basically transporting massive amounts of wood pellets from around the world straight to the ovens🔥 #StopFakeRenewables #BigBadBiomass

Across the world, burning forest biomass is labelled falsely as ‘green’ and ‘renewable’ all while receiving massive subsidises. What we need is true renewable energy sources, not more greenwashing. #BigBadBiomass

The EU is promoting the use of forest wood for energy production to EU countries. As a result, many power plants across the EU countries are being converted to wood burning. The EU must end subsidies for #BigBadBiomass ➡️ eubioenergy.com/2022/10/06/eu-…

We are halfway through the International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass and have already seen inspiring protests & events take place in Australia, Indonesia, Nepal, Japan, Africa, UK, Portugal, and Germany! Listen up @COP27P & find out more here: environmentalpaper.org/2022/10/dont-l…

Drax receives £2.7 million per day in ‘green’ subsidies, despite scientist warnings that burning trees for electricity makes climate change worse 🏭 This International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass, join us and say NO to burning trees for energy: cutcarbonnotforests.org/email-your-mp/

Community groups in Indonesia held a demonstration in front of PLTU Indramayu co-firing power station today, to highlight the significant impacts on their health and to send the message that co-firing with #BigBadBiomass has only extended the life of this polluter. #FaleSolutions

On this day of action against #BigBadBiomass, please remember that when we burn wood for energy, we are not only accelerating the #climatecrisis, we are also burning their home. Think we’re exaggerating? Please read: birdlife.org/news/2022/09/0…

🔈HAPPENING TODAY: 21st of October marks the #InternationalDayofAction aimed to expose the impacts of #BigBadBiomass . There’re plenty of ways to get involved, events & actions going on around the globe. You can find all the info about how to join here👇 environmentalpaper.org/2022/07/idoa-2…

#BigBadBiomass Outside local MP Justine Elliot’s office. No burning native #forests for #renewable #energy. Not clean, not green, not renewable.

Getting the #BigBadBiomass message out today at the office of the MP for Eden-Monaro. Burning native forest wood to generate electricity is NOT clean, green or renewable.

🔈The #InternationalDayOfAction on #BigBadBiomass has started in Australia with a banner drop & protest in defence of #forests threatened by logging 💪 Follow #BigBadBiomass on social media today to see how the protest is going and support it by reposting!

🔈The International Day Of Action on #BigBadBiomass kicked of in Australia with protests in defence of #forests taking place in Sydney, Hobart and Launceston💪Follow #BigBadBiomass on social media today to see how the protests are going and support by re-posting! @BobBrownFndn

Intl Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass is on 21st October. We've seen the evidence on @BBCparorama and we know biomass is damaging precious forests in places like Canada. In a biodiversity crisis we need to protect our forests, not cut them down for biomass 🌳 RT if you agree!

ENVIVA (world's largest pellet producer) plunges as Blue Orca Capital said the company is "flagrantly greenwashing its wood procurement. "Satellite imagery indicates that ... Enviva is procuring wood from the widely condemned practice of clear-cutting" investing.com/news/stock-mar…

On 21 October, organisations and people around the world will shine a spotlight on the negative effects of big biomass and build pressure in the run-up to COP27. #BigBadBiomass

👏Yesterday the @Europarl_EN voted on a landmark EU law to fight deforestation. Today MEPs voted to limit some energy companies' & Member States' incentives for burning forest for energy, but not all... Will Member States follow or water it down? 👉 fern.org/publications-i…

“The policy-driven conversion of forests to environmentally harmful tree plantations is threatening the way of life of indigenous Sámi communities.” @GretaThunberg @LBurnelius @JanSaijets myself & more in today’s @guardian theguardian.com/world/commenti…

Dear Members of the European Parliament, this is your 48 hour window to do the right thing: Remove forest biomass from the RED! Otherwise you will lock in decades of increased emissions, biodiversity loss and human rights violations all while calling it ‘climate friendly’ 🧵1/9

"Europe’s directly elected representatives now have to choose: they can either save the EU’s “climate targets” with their legislative loopholes or they can begin saving our climate, because right now, that is not what EU targets are working towards." theguardian.com/world/commenti…