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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 49m

Thank you to @green-alliance.org.uk for publishing our article on why the government must not allow Drax to become part of an AI Growth Zone: greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/10/15/b...

Burning trees to power AI, really?

This post is by Almuth Ernsting and Robert Palgrave of Biofuelwatch. Earlier this year, while greenlighting further subsidies for Drax through to 2031, the UK government signalled that unabated bio…

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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 3h

If the government is serious about ending unabated biomass by 2031, it must ensure new contracts (including those linked to AI) don’t undermine that promise.

This guest blog from Biofuelwatch lays out the case:

Burning trees to power AI, really?

This post is by Almuth Ernsting and Robert Palgrave of Biofuelwatch. Earlier this year, while greenlighting further subsidies for Drax through to 2031, the UK government signalled that unabated bio…

greenallianceblog.org.uk

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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 5h

What's up, #Bluesky? You may well ask! This is what's up.
greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/10/15/b...
So @york.ac.uk, @ynymayor.bsky.social, York City Council and North Yorkshire Council are planning to #deforest #NorthAmerica to run an #AIDatacentre at #Drax.
Read, weep and then get active!

Burning trees to power AI, really?

This post is by Almuth Ernsting and Robert Palgrave of Biofuelwatch. Earlier this year, while greenlighting further subsidies for Drax through to 2031, the UK government signalled that unabated bio…

greenallianceblog.org.uk

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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 23h

Legal battle over a data centre in Ireland which could more than triple the electricity consumption of the entire country.

ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Permission for Irish data centre megacomplex could send dangerous signal for Europe. Today we’re supporting a legal action taken by Friends of the Irish Environment and @foeireland.bsky.social.

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Corporate Watch @corporatewatch.bsky.social · 1d

🎧 In a powerful new podcast, community leaders Dr Krystal Martin and Kathy Egalnd share the truth about how #Drax is fuelling "environmental racism", “pimping poverty,” & devastating lives - while pretending to save the planet, & reaping billions in subsidies.

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Drax, the "corporate assassins" still lobbying for billions in subsidies - Corporate Watch

Drax likes to cast itself as a green champion – Britain’s largest power station has ditched coal and now runs on allegedly ‘sustainable’ wood pellets. But scratch beneath the branding and a different ...

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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 2d

Happening today - 2pm UK time, 3pm CEST:

Real Zero Europe @realzeroeurope.bsky.social · 14d

🤔 Wondering how to recognise a false solution when you see one?

This time in our Pulling Back the Curtain webinar series, we’ll explore some of the most common so-called land-based solutions—like carbon and #biodiversity offsets, #carbonfarming, and #biochar.

👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 3d

I just signed a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax

Drax, the University of York and the North Yorkshire Combined Authority have just submitted a bid to host an AI data centre at Drax, powered by burning millions of trees. The Government recently de...

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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 5d

The global shipping industry could create massive demand for crop biofuels and this is... not a good thing.

Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 6d

Soon the IMO will meet to vote on their new Net Zero Framework.

Biofuels cannot be included: they only drive deforestation and land theft.

Join us at 9am on 20th October outside IMO headquarters to call for real climate solutions, including demand reduction.

actionnetwork.org/events/tell-...

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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 5d

Prediction from @transportenvironment.org earlier this year that shipping climate targets which allow biofuels like palm oil could see nearly a third of global shipping running on biofuels by 2030 - fuelling deforestation.

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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 5d

Demand for biofuels has already massive grown - so far mostly for road transport in Europe, the USA and elsewhere. There's nothing remotely sustainable about the global biofuel market. It's long been linked to deforestation, land-grabbing, high carbon emissions.

Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 6d

Soon the IMO will meet to vote on their new Net Zero Framework.

Biofuels cannot be included: they only drive deforestation and land theft.

Join us at 9am on 20th October outside IMO headquarters to call for real climate solutions, including demand reduction.

actionnetwork.org/events/tell-...

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 6d

The Chancellor says she 'fixed' a problem caused by “some snails or something”.

Comments like this pit nature against growth – it’s the wrong target.

Here, the system has worked: protecting one of UK’s rarest species while allowing 20,000 homes to proceed.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

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Environmental Paper Network @environmentalpaper.bsky.social · 6d

🌍 The World Is Watching: A Global Call to Uphold the EU Deforestation Law

Groups around the world are demanding no further delays or weakening of the #EUDR b/c our forests, communities, and the climate can’t wait.

The latest 👉 environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/the-...

#ClimateAction #EUClimateAction

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Dogwood Alliance @dogwoodalliance.org · 6d

From Plantation to Promise, the #FreedomLand Community #Forest groundbreaking marked the start of a new chapter for this sacred land. Thank you to the #community and partners whose hearts and hands made this moment real.

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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 7d

Oh dear, Rachel - what have you said now?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There is a reason why species are protected. To risk the extinction of a species for a few houses is #uncivilised, #ignorant, #AntiScience and shows no respect for life-forms considered more lowly than herself. Who's next?

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

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Environmental Paper Network @environmentalpaper.bsky.social · 12d

👏 New from World Rainforest Movement: a sharp briefing exposing how the pulp & paper industry manufactures demand to expand monoculture plantations at huge cost to forests & communities. Essential reading! 🌍

📖 www.wrm.org.uy/publications...

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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 14d

We have signed this important letter, too:

Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · 15d

NEW: 156 organisations call for EU-wide ban on new waste incineration.

Why?
🔥 EU already has 60M tonne overcapacity crisis.
🌍 Higher carbon emissions than many energy sources.
♻️ Blocks circular economy progress.
☠️ Toxic chemicals found in nearby communities.

Joint letter: www.betterthanburning.eu

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Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · 15d

NEW: 156 organisations call for EU-wide ban on new waste incineration.

Why?
🔥 EU already has 60M tonne overcapacity crisis.
🌍 Higher carbon emissions than many energy sources.
♻️ Blocks circular economy progress.
☠️ Toxic chemicals found in nearby communities.

Joint letter: www.betterthanburning.eu

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Real Zero Europe @realzeroeurope.bsky.social · 14d

👉 What risks do these solutions pose, and how do they distract from real climate action?

Join us to dig into the dangers of these false solutions and learn how NGOs and activists can push back.

🗓️ Monday, 13 October
🕒 15–17 CEST

Register here & share widely 👇
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Real Zero Europe @realzeroeurope.bsky.social · 14d

🤔 Wondering how to recognise a false solution when you see one?

This time in our Pulling Back the Curtain webinar series, we’ll explore some of the most common so-called land-based solutions—like carbon and #biodiversity offsets, #carbonfarming, and #biochar.

👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Environmental Paper Network @environmentalpaper.bsky.social · 16d

FSC has suspended its MoU with Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings (APRIL) after serious allegations of violence, including attacks on community members in #Indonesia. Full statement here: fsc.org/en/newscentr...

FSC Suspends Memorandum of Understanding with APRIL Following Reports of Alleged Violence

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ROBIN WOOD e.V. @robinwood.bsky.social · 25d

Jetzt mit uns Deutschlands größtes #Holzkraftwerk stoppen - in unter einer Minute!
In Stade werden #Umweltbelastung und #Emissionen als grüne Energie verkauft. Nicht #cool? Dann unterschreibe jetzt unseren #Protest: www.robinwood.de/holzkraftwer...

Text: Mit uns Deutschlands größtes Holzkraftwerk stoppen! Was in Stade als grüne Energie verkauft wird, bringt massive Umweltbelastungen und gesundheitsschädliche Emissionen mit sich! Holzverbrennung ist ein Rückschritt auf Kosten von Mensch und Natur. Jetzt Protest unterschreiben.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 16d

This is utterly horrific. Literally blocking the ability of people to object to nature being trashed and destroyed. What a lovely govt we have!!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews

Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion

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Campaign for Freedom of Information @campaignfoi.bsky.social · 18d

📢FOI in the News!

The government is considering leaving the Aarhus Convention, which allows groups to judicially review environmentally damaging proposals without massive costs if they lose.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#Aarhus #EIR #informationrights #transparency

Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews

Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion

www.theguardian.com

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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 18d

Awful. It's also about access to environmental information, btw., such as getting information about levels of local pollution. Right now, with the UK being in the convention, challenges can only be brought if there's a credible argument of legal flaws in a decision. Now, even that right is at risk.

Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 18d

Leaving the Aarhus convention is being discussed. An international treaty signed up to by the EU and other countries in Europe, protecting the right to bring legal claims against large infrastructure projects inc waste plants, nuclear power stations & motorways
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews

Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion

www.theguardian.com

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