Biofuelwatch
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social
We work to protect climate, forests, biodiversity and communities from destructive impacts of large-scale bioenergy, Website: www.biofuelwatch.org.uk Email: biofuelwatch[at]gmail[dot]com
Are Wood Pellets Worth Billions In Subsidies? Drax Faces A Reckoning (obviously the answer is no!!) www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
Are Wood Pellets Worth Billions In Subsidies? Drax Faces A Reckoning
Policymakers are rethinking biomass as new research shows wood pellets may increase carbon emissions rather than reduce them. The focus is now on subsidies.
www.forbes.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Are Wood Pellets Worth Billions In Subsidies? Drax Faces A Reckoning (obviously the answer is no!!) www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
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Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
Activists hack central Leeds billboard to expose Drax pollution
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
January 26, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Activists hack central Leeds billboard to expose Drax pollution
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
Breathing in air pollution from wood burning increases your risk of heart & lung disease, asthma, diabetes & dementia. Even homes with newer “Ecodesign” wood burners are 3 times more polluted than those without. This #CleanAirNight, @globalactionplan.bsky.social share the facts about wood burning.
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Breathing in air pollution from wood burning increases your risk of heart & lung disease, asthma, diabetes & dementia. Even homes with newer “Ecodesign” wood burners are 3 times more polluted than those without. This #CleanAirNight, @globalactionplan.bsky.social share the facts about wood burning.
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Chile Engulfed in Tree Plantation & Climate-fueled Mega-Fires yet again
When fire enters plantation landscapes, it spreads rapidly through the flammable trees. The plantations grow on ancestral Mapuche lands, stolen under Pinochet
globaljusticeecology.org/chile-engulf...
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social
When fire enters plantation landscapes, it spreads rapidly through the flammable trees. The plantations grow on ancestral Mapuche lands, stolen under Pinochet
globaljusticeecology.org/chile-engulf...
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Chile Engulfed in Tree Plantation & Climate-fueled Mega-Fires yet again
When fire enters plantation landscapes, it spreads rapidly through the flammable trees. The plantations grow on ancestral Mapuche lands, stolen under Pinochet
globaljusticeecology.org/chile-engulf...
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social
When fire enters plantation landscapes, it spreads rapidly through the flammable trees. The plantations grow on ancestral Mapuche lands, stolen under Pinochet
globaljusticeecology.org/chile-engulf...
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social
🔥🏭The UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for Government support to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire by burning trees!🌳🔥🏭
🔥Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🌳🔥
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax #AI
🔥Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🌳🔥
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax #AI
Urgent action: Please ask your MP to say no to Drax’s AI data centre bid
The UK’s single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied with the University of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for public support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre as pa...
actionnetwork.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:11 PM
🔥🏭The UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for Government support to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire by burning trees!🌳🔥🏭
🔥Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🌳🔥
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax #AI
🔥Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🌳🔥
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax #AI
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The UK just committed £22bn to carbon capture and storage – a tech with an 80% failure rate that lets oil & gas greenwash their emissions.
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
December 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The UK just committed £22bn to carbon capture and storage – a tech with an 80% failure rate that lets oil & gas greenwash their emissions.
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
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🤑 Would you donate to save the fossil fuel industry?
Nah, we wouldn't either, but that doesn't matter – the govt has already committed £22bn and counting of your money to a tech that's meant to reduce emissions but is actually a lifeline for oil and gas.
Outraged? Share this!
Nah, we wouldn't either, but that doesn't matter – the govt has already committed £22bn and counting of your money to a tech that's meant to reduce emissions but is actually a lifeline for oil and gas.
Outraged? Share this!
January 14, 2026 at 9:21 AM
🤑 Would you donate to save the fossil fuel industry?
Nah, we wouldn't either, but that doesn't matter – the govt has already committed £22bn and counting of your money to a tech that's meant to reduce emissions but is actually a lifeline for oil and gas.
Outraged? Share this!
Nah, we wouldn't either, but that doesn't matter – the govt has already committed £22bn and counting of your money to a tech that's meant to reduce emissions but is actually a lifeline for oil and gas.
Outraged? Share this!
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Fossil fuel lobbyists are pushing hard for CCS to protect their polluting profits, when our money would be much better spent on cheap, safe renewable energy like wind and solar. What do you think?
January 20, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Fossil fuel lobbyists are pushing hard for CCS to protect their polluting profits, when our money would be much better spent on cheap, safe renewable energy like wind and solar. What do you think?
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🤨 Investing £22billion of public money in a technology with a track record of failure is NOT going to help the UK achieve its climate goals, or create good green jobs. Here’s why (thread):
January 20, 2026 at 9:15 AM
🤨 Investing £22billion of public money in a technology with a track record of failure is NOT going to help the UK achieve its climate goals, or create good green jobs. Here’s why (thread):
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🌲 #BigTech is betting on #BECCS to clean up its emissions — but the evidence tells a different story.
A @technologyreview.com investigation shows how shaky accounting & risky assumptions are being dressed up as #ClimateAction 👇
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...
Read more in the slides 👇
A @technologyreview.com investigation shows how shaky accounting & risky assumptions are being dressed up as #ClimateAction 👇
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...
Read more in the slides 👇
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 AM
🌲 #BigTech is betting on #BECCS to clean up its emissions — but the evidence tells a different story.
A @technologyreview.com investigation shows how shaky accounting & risky assumptions are being dressed up as #ClimateAction 👇
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...
Read more in the slides 👇
A @technologyreview.com investigation shows how shaky accounting & risky assumptions are being dressed up as #ClimateAction 👇
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...
Read more in the slides 👇
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‼️ Please SIGN: Half of Chiapas’ forests are gone, and 70% of its traded timber is illegal. It’s time for Mexico to enforce its own laws. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest ✍️ rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13... @annegjep.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @ran.org @gfc-forest.bsky.social
Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests!
The forests of Mexico’s Chiapas state are among the most biodiverse on Earth, yet they face grave danger: Nearly half have already been illegally logged for timber. Please support the campaign of our ...
rainforest-rescue.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
‼️ Please SIGN: Half of Chiapas’ forests are gone, and 70% of its traded timber is illegal. It’s time for Mexico to enforce its own laws. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest ✍️ rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13... @annegjep.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @ran.org @gfc-forest.bsky.social
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Jan and Feb tour dates for my film 'Fires and Fascism' announced!
I’ll be attending each screening in person for a discussion afterwards about community, what might be drawing people towards Reform, and sharing ideas about what to do next.
Trailer and tickets: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
I’ll be attending each screening in person for a discussion afterwards about community, what might be drawing people towards Reform, and sharing ideas about what to do next.
Trailer and tickets: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Jan and Feb tour dates for my film 'Fires and Fascism' announced!
I’ll be attending each screening in person for a discussion afterwards about community, what might be drawing people towards Reform, and sharing ideas about what to do next.
Trailer and tickets: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
I’ll be attending each screening in person for a discussion afterwards about community, what might be drawing people towards Reform, and sharing ideas about what to do next.
Trailer and tickets: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
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From our friends at @environmentalpaper.bsky.social a great piece on the destructive and sinister history of industrial eucalyptus plantations in Brazil environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/we-h... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @ran.org @dhlovelife.bsky.social
We Had Everything: how the Forest Was Taken in the Land of Drums and Resistance | Environmental Paper Network
environmentalpaper.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
From our friends at @environmentalpaper.bsky.social a great piece on the destructive and sinister history of industrial eucalyptus plantations in Brazil environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/we-h... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @ran.org @dhlovelife.bsky.social
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Drax has been burning trees for years & it's the UK's single largest carbon emitter
So, the idea of powering an AI data centre is only going to increase the carbon emissions, as Drax will argue it needs to keep burning trees to keep the computers running
Pls write to your MP to object
So, the idea of powering an AI data centre is only going to increase the carbon emissions, as Drax will argue it needs to keep burning trees to keep the computers running
Pls write to your MP to object
The UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for Government support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire. 🌳🔥🏭
Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 👍🌳🔥
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 👍🌳🔥
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
Urgent action: Please ask your MP to say no to Drax’s AI data centre bid
The UK’s single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied with the University of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for public support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre as pa...
actionnetwork.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Drax has been burning trees for years & it's the UK's single largest carbon emitter
So, the idea of powering an AI data centre is only going to increase the carbon emissions, as Drax will argue it needs to keep burning trees to keep the computers running
Pls write to your MP to object
So, the idea of powering an AI data centre is only going to increase the carbon emissions, as Drax will argue it needs to keep burning trees to keep the computers running
Pls write to your MP to object
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"Drax has taken the best of what they had left: their peace, #cleanair, and health." Read how #Drax's subsidies in the UK enable its #biomass burning in Gloster, Mississippi, at the expense of the community's health.
We can’t breathe because of a Drax pellet plant subsidised by UK tax
The company is paid up to £1bn a year producing green energy for Britain. But one of its factories has been accused of choking people in America
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January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for Government support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire. 🌳🔥🏭
Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 👍🌳🔥
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 👍🌳🔥
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
Urgent action: Please ask your MP to say no to Drax’s AI data centre bid
The UK’s single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied with the University of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for public support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre as pa...
actionnetwork.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for Government support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire. 🌳🔥🏭
Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 👍🌳🔥
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 👍🌳🔥
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
Petition DO NOT BURN TROPICAL FORESTS FOR BIOMASS POWER GENERATION! by Hutan Group. English follows Japanese c.org/Bhh5f9NVgc
More info in this article by our friends in Japan at Global Environmental Forum-Woody Biomass Is Not Carbon Neutral
www.patagonia.jp/stories/plan... translation may be needed
More info in this article by our friends in Japan at Global Environmental Forum-Woody Biomass Is Not Carbon Neutral
www.patagonia.jp/stories/plan... translation may be needed
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熱帯林をバイオマス発電のために燃やさないで！ 〜東京ガス・阪和興業はスラウェシ島の天然林を破壊する木質ペレットの使用をやめてください 〜
c.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Petition DO NOT BURN TROPICAL FORESTS FOR BIOMASS POWER GENERATION! by Hutan Group. English follows Japanese c.org/Bhh5f9NVgc
More info in this article by our friends in Japan at Global Environmental Forum-Woody Biomass Is Not Carbon Neutral
www.patagonia.jp/stories/plan... translation may be needed
More info in this article by our friends in Japan at Global Environmental Forum-Woody Biomass Is Not Carbon Neutral
www.patagonia.jp/stories/plan... translation may be needed
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🚨 This is what our money is subsidising.
🇬🇧 pays £1 bn/yr to Drax to burn imported wood and call it “green”.
That subsidy - decided by Ed Davey when energy secretary - is now linked to severe pollution and respiratory illness in a poor, largely Black town in Gloster 🇺🇸
🔗 archive.ph/2025.12.27-1...
🇬🇧 pays £1 bn/yr to Drax to burn imported wood and call it “green”.
That subsidy - decided by Ed Davey when energy secretary - is now linked to severe pollution and respiratory illness in a poor, largely Black town in Gloster 🇺🇸
🔗 archive.ph/2025.12.27-1...
December 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🚨 This is what our money is subsidising.
🇬🇧 pays £1 bn/yr to Drax to burn imported wood and call it “green”.
That subsidy - decided by Ed Davey when energy secretary - is now linked to severe pollution and respiratory illness in a poor, largely Black town in Gloster 🇺🇸
🔗 archive.ph/2025.12.27-1...
🇬🇧 pays £1 bn/yr to Drax to burn imported wood and call it “green”.
That subsidy - decided by Ed Davey when energy secretary - is now linked to severe pollution and respiratory illness in a poor, largely Black town in Gloster 🇺🇸
🔗 archive.ph/2025.12.27-1...
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Drax gets £1bn a year UK govt subsidy. It cuts down trees and pelletises the wood in Mississippi causing dust which damages the health of local people bit.ly/3LlCXAn then ships pellets to Yorkshire to burn and generate ‘green’ electricity. It is being fined and sued in US
We can’t breathe because of a Drax pellet plant subsidised by UK tax
The company is paid up to £1bn a year producing green energy for Britain. But one of its factories has been accused of choking people in America
bit.ly
December 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Drax gets £1bn a year UK govt subsidy. It cuts down trees and pelletises the wood in Mississippi causing dust which damages the health of local people bit.ly/3LlCXAn then ships pellets to Yorkshire to burn and generate ‘green’ electricity. It is being fined and sued in US
Biofuelwatch Annual Report 2025 is now available. Read it here: www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2025/annual-...
Thank you to everyone who supports our work.
Thank you to everyone who supports our work.
December 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Biofuelwatch Annual Report 2025 is now available. Read it here: www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2025/annual-...
Thank you to everyone who supports our work.
Thank you to everyone who supports our work.
New report by Biofuelwatch and Comité Schone Lucht exposes secretive Green Gold Label #biomass certification scheme which certifies pellet and power companies based solely on their own claims that they use no wood except sawmill residues: www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2025/green-g...
December 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
New report by Biofuelwatch and Comité Schone Lucht exposes secretive Green Gold Label #biomass certification scheme which certifies pellet and power companies based solely on their own claims that they use no wood except sawmill residues: www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2025/green-g...
‘Everything is worse since Drax came here’: US residents say wood-pellet plant harming their town - no surprises here! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Everything is worse since Drax came here’: US residents say wood-pellet plant harming their town
Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, are suing plant that exports wood pellets to UK and Europe. Company says it is reducing emissions
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
‘Everything is worse since Drax came here’: US residents say wood-pellet plant harming their town - no surprises here! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Environment ministers: follow the call of more than 200 organisations across Europe, be the hero that people & nature need. Protect wolves, even when the EU didn’t.
We cannot accept this weakening of the laws #HandsOffNature
We cannot accept this weakening of the laws #HandsOffNature
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Environment ministers: follow the call of more than 200 organisations across Europe, be the hero that people & nature need. Protect wolves, even when the EU didn’t.
We cannot accept this weakening of the laws #HandsOffNature
We cannot accept this weakening of the laws #HandsOffNature