Environmental Paper Network
@environmentalpaper.bsky.social
EPN brings together hundreds of NGOs from around the world dedicated to transforming the forest, pulp and paper, and biomass industries for a more sustainable future.
www.environmentalpaper.org
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EPN International denounces this unacceptable u-turn from the EU on the inclusion of books and newspapers in EUDR.
Read more on our full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/defo...
#EUDR #Books #PulpPaper #Omnibus
Read more on our full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/defo...
#EUDR #Books #PulpPaper #Omnibus
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
EPN International denounces this unacceptable u-turn from the EU on the inclusion of books and newspapers in EUDR.
Read more on our full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/defo...
#EUDR #Books #PulpPaper #Omnibus
Read more on our full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/defo...
#EUDR #Books #PulpPaper #Omnibus
Yesterday night, @press.consilium.europa.eu, @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu decided to pass a blank check to the pulp & paper sector. In trilogues, all parties agreed to remove a single line of products from the scope of this regulation: printed books, newspapers and other printing products.
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Yesterday night, @press.consilium.europa.eu, @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu decided to pass a blank check to the pulp & paper sector. In trilogues, all parties agreed to remove a single line of products from the scope of this regulation: printed books, newspapers and other printing products.
The omnibus reaps yet another victim: forests and their protections against the endless consumption of pulp and paper.
Read more on our full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/defo...
#EUDR #Books #PulpPaper #Omnibus
Read more on our full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/defo...
#EUDR #Books #PulpPaper #Omnibus
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The omnibus reaps yet another victim: forests and their protections against the endless consumption of pulp and paper.
Read more on our full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/defo...
#EUDR #Books #PulpPaper #Omnibus
Read more on our full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/defo...
#EUDR #Books #PulpPaper #Omnibus
In a new piece in @newsweek.com, our colleagues from @dogwoodalliance.org and @nrdc.org imagine forests valued for life, not fuel & where global energy giants can’t turn ecosystems into extraction zones.
Protecting forests means protecting people. 🌍🌱
www.newsweek.com/foreign-ener...
Protecting forests means protecting people. 🌍🌱
www.newsweek.com/foreign-ener...
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In a new piece in @newsweek.com, our colleagues from @dogwoodalliance.org and @nrdc.org imagine forests valued for life, not fuel & where global energy giants can’t turn ecosystems into extraction zones.
Protecting forests means protecting people. 🌍🌱
www.newsweek.com/foreign-ener...
Protecting forests means protecting people. 🌍🌱
www.newsweek.com/foreign-ener...
The EU Bioeconomy Strategy: growth at the expense of the biosphere
The Commission's proposal of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy prioritises growth over forest protection.
It pushes for +wood extraction, +biomass burning, +pulp&paper production.
Full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/the-...
The Commission's proposal of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy prioritises growth over forest protection.
It pushes for +wood extraction, +biomass burning, +pulp&paper production.
Full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/the-...
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The EU Bioeconomy Strategy: growth at the expense of the biosphere
The Commission's proposal of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy prioritises growth over forest protection.
It pushes for +wood extraction, +biomass burning, +pulp&paper production.
Full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/the-...
The Commission's proposal of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy prioritises growth over forest protection.
It pushes for +wood extraction, +biomass burning, +pulp&paper production.
Full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/the-...
Biomass Action Network Fears compromise at #COP30 and demands that the Transition away from Fossil Fuels must be to Clean Energy Sources which Keep Forests Standing. Read our press release here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/biom... @stand.earth @cop30brazil.bsky.social #UNFCCC
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Biomass Action Network Fears compromise at #COP30 and demands that the Transition away from Fossil Fuels must be to Clean Energy Sources which Keep Forests Standing. Read our press release here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/biom... @stand.earth @cop30brazil.bsky.social #UNFCCC
EPN's Biomass Action Network has released a new briefing at COP30 "Decarbonisation or dispossession? The extent of industrial scale biomass energy in Latin America and its impacts on the region"🔗 environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/deca... #bioeconomy #COP30 #LatinAmerica #biomass #bigbadbiomass
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
EPN's Biomass Action Network has released a new briefing at COP30 "Decarbonisation or dispossession? The extent of industrial scale biomass energy in Latin America and its impacts on the region"🔗 environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/deca... #bioeconomy #COP30 #LatinAmerica #biomass #bigbadbiomass
Biomass Action Network Sounds Alarm on Bioeconomy False Solutions in Belem 4X Pledge at Leaders Summit Ahead of COP30, Issues Open Letter to Parties
👉 Read more: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/biom...
👉 Read more: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/biom...
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Biomass Action Network Sounds Alarm on Bioeconomy False Solutions in Belem 4X Pledge at Leaders Summit Ahead of COP30, Issues Open Letter to Parties
👉 Read more: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/biom...
👉 Read more: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/biom...
Thanks to Southwings (@southwings.bsky.social), EPN, Etsuko Kinefuchi (UNCG), and Dr. Treva Gear (@dogwoodalliance.org) saw Georgia's largest wood pellet plants from above. On the ground, we heard from residents about the health impacts they’re experiencing. Communities are speaking out.
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thanks to Southwings (@southwings.bsky.social), EPN, Etsuko Kinefuchi (UNCG), and Dr. Treva Gear (@dogwoodalliance.org) saw Georgia's largest wood pellet plants from above. On the ground, we heard from residents about the health impacts they’re experiencing. Communities are speaking out.
$250 billion in subsidies for #BigBadBiomass supports an industry that undermines efforts to reduce emissions, pollutes communities and degrades forests and biodiversity. Money that could be better spent on genuine renewables. Read the new report by BAN: environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burn...
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
$250 billion in subsidies for #BigBadBiomass supports an industry that undermines efforts to reduce emissions, pollutes communities and degrades forests and biodiversity. Money that could be better spent on genuine renewables. Read the new report by BAN: environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burn...
Campaigners hold a banner action against a new biomass plant in Stade, Germany today as part of the International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass. Read more: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @nabu.de @robinwood.bsky.social
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
October 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Campaigners hold a banner action against a new biomass plant in Stade, Germany today as part of the International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass. Read more: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @nabu.de @robinwood.bsky.social
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
On International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass a coalition of civil society groups is calling on the governments of Japan and South Korea to stop importing wood pellets sourced from natural forest deforestation. Visit: fwi.or.id
Save the forests, save life.
environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
Save the forests, save life.
environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
On International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass a coalition of civil society groups is calling on the governments of Japan and South Korea to stop importing wood pellets sourced from natural forest deforestation. Visit: fwi.or.id
Save the forests, save life.
environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
Save the forests, save life.
environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
Today is the International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass and around the world groups are taking action to tell decision makers to stop funneling billions of dollars into the polluting biomass energy industry! You can still take part: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
October 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today is the International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass and around the world groups are taking action to tell decision makers to stop funneling billions of dollars into the polluting biomass energy industry! You can still take part: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
The aim of the International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass is to amplify the destructive impacts of biomass energy on people and planet, like this article "Burning More Forests Won't Cool the Planet" by BAN Coordinator Peg Putt, featured in Hobart news today. environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The aim of the International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass is to amplify the destructive impacts of biomass energy on people and planet, like this article "Burning More Forests Won't Cool the Planet" by BAN Coordinator Peg Putt, featured in Hobart news today. environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
For the International day of Action on #BigBadBiomass Legacy Forest Defense Coalition in Washington (WLFDC) organized an action to highlight the imminent destruction of forests in the Chehalis River watershed - an area eyed by PNWRE & Drax for wood pellets. environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
October 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
For the International day of Action on #BigBadBiomass Legacy Forest Defense Coalition in Washington (WLFDC) organized an action to highlight the imminent destruction of forests in the Chehalis River watershed - an area eyed by PNWRE & Drax for wood pellets. environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
It's the International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass & around the world groups are demanding that governments “Cut Subsidies, Not Forests”! Take part in our Social Media Action & post a picture of yourself to #BigBadBiomass. See our Toolkit here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It's the International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass & around the world groups are demanding that governments “Cut Subsidies, Not Forests”! Take part in our Social Media Action & post a picture of yourself to #BigBadBiomass. See our Toolkit here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
New report released on the International Day of Action on Big Biomass shows how #BigBadBiomass Burns Billions of public money, hurts the climate and nature, while masquerading as renewable energy. environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burn... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @dogwoodalliance.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
New report released on the International Day of Action on Big Biomass shows how #BigBadBiomass Burns Billions of public money, hurts the climate and nature, while masquerading as renewable energy. environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burn... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @dogwoodalliance.org
All around the world, groups are preparing for a day of action to raise awareness of the impacts of the biomass industry. JOIN THEM! #BigBadBiomass🪚🌳
You can take part: organise an online or offline action on October 21st. Learn how: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
You can take part: organise an online or offline action on October 21st. Learn how: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
All around the world, groups are preparing for a day of action to raise awareness of the impacts of the biomass industry. JOIN THEM! #BigBadBiomass🪚🌳
You can take part: organise an online or offline action on October 21st. Learn how: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
You can take part: organise an online or offline action on October 21st. Learn how: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
🌍 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
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
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🌍 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
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
👏 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...
📖 www.wrm.org.uy/publications...
October 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
👏 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...
📖 www.wrm.org.uy/publications...
👉 Read the entire story here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/09/indi...
September 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
👉 Read the entire story here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/09/indi...
Last Sep 22nd, masked men from PT Toba Pulp Lestari Tbk (TPL), a sister company of APRIL, entered and assaulted a village in North Sumatra, Indonesia, amid an ongoing land conflict over customary territories.
September 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Last Sep 22nd, masked men from PT Toba Pulp Lestari Tbk (TPL), a sister company of APRIL, entered and assaulted a village in North Sumatra, Indonesia, amid an ongoing land conflict over customary territories.
🚨 Attack on North Sumatra's indigenous community linked to pulp & paper giant APRIL
❌ We must not admit these communities to be terrorised and assaulted by these companies private security forces.
👉 Read the entire story here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/09/indi...
❌ We must not admit these communities to be terrorised and assaulted by these companies private security forces.
👉 Read the entire story here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/09/indi...
September 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨 Attack on North Sumatra's indigenous community linked to pulp & paper giant APRIL
❌ We must not admit these communities to be terrorised and assaulted by these companies private security forces.
👉 Read the entire story here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/09/indi...
❌ We must not admit these communities to be terrorised and assaulted by these companies private security forces.
👉 Read the entire story here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/09/indi...
All around the world, groups are preparing for a day of action to raise awareness of the impacts of the biomass industry. YOU are invited to join them! #BigBadBiomass🪚🌳
You can take part: organise an online or offline action on October 21st. Learn how: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
You can take part: organise an online or offline action on October 21st. Learn how: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
September 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
All around the world, groups are preparing for a day of action to raise awareness of the impacts of the biomass industry. YOU are invited to join them! #BigBadBiomass🪚🌳
You can take part: organise an online or offline action on October 21st. Learn how: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
You can take part: organise an online or offline action on October 21st. Learn how: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
🍁 Job Vacancy: Biomass Action Network Co-Coordinator 🌿
EPN International is hiring a Co-Coordinator to help manage our Biomass Action Network (BAN) — a global coalition working to address the impacts of biomass energy.
EPN International is hiring a Co-Coordinator to help manage our Biomass Action Network (BAN) — a global coalition working to address the impacts of biomass energy.
September 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🍁 Job Vacancy: Biomass Action Network Co-Coordinator 🌿
EPN International is hiring a Co-Coordinator to help manage our Biomass Action Network (BAN) — a global coalition working to address the impacts of biomass energy.
EPN International is hiring a Co-Coordinator to help manage our Biomass Action Network (BAN) — a global coalition working to address the impacts of biomass energy.