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Huge news! ‼️🌲
Global energy giant Drax is PHASING OUT burning biomass from forests in B.C. at its UK North Yorkshire power station – this is a significant milestone after years of public outcry. 🧵
#ForestsAreNotFuel #GreenSky
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Background drone photo of piles of logged trees. Photo credit: Desiree Wallace. “And here in B.C., this does not mean logging for biomass will stop. Trees will still be cut and turned into pellets, but many will be destined for Japan and other overseas markets instead.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
Background photo of Senior Forest Campaigner Tegan Hansen standing on a gravel road among a logged area. Photo credit: Desiree Wallace. “B.C. should take immediate steps to ban sourcing from old growth and primary forests for wood pellets exports and should end provincial subsidies that prop up the sector. The province also has an opportunity to support real value-added milling under a framework that upholds its commitments to protect old growth and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
![Background photo of a pile of logged trees. Photo credit: Desiree Wallace. “So this moment is both a win and a reminder:
[checkmark] Generating scandal and sustained public pressure works.
[checkmark]Exposing false 'sustainable' claims works.
[checkmark]When biomass becomes politically and reputationally costly, corporations move.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:utycno22cy35gcijlduthke7/bafkreiewqltcmbmz3dbh23shbwwpjp6tierahxbpfhytlho4lkutwlabue)
Background photo of a pile of logged trees. Photo credit: Desiree Wallace. “So this moment is both a win and a reminder: [checkmark] Generating scandal and sustained public pressure works. [checkmark]Exposing false 'sustainable' claims works. [checkmark]When biomass becomes politically and reputationally costly, corporations move.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
Background photo of a wide area of logged trees. Photo credit: Desiree Wallace. “This is meaningful progress - but we must keep going. Let's celebrate what we've accomplished together, but keep standing up for forests and communities. #BigBadBiomass”
Swipe to find out what this win means – and what it doesn’t.
Learn more here: stand.earth/insights/dra...
#ForestsAreNotFuel #BigBadBiomass
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Our efforts took the shine off its greenwashing, instead spotlighting biomass destruction from Indonesia to Brazil to Canada.
🗣️Environmental Paper Network's Biomass Action Network, Auriga Nusantara, @rspb.bsky.social, and GEF
#BigBadBiomass #Greenwashing #ForestsAreNotFuel
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It's time for governments to stop funding the forest biomass industry with green subsidies.
#BigBadBiomass #ForestsAreNotFuel #COP30
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Join us in calling on Eby and Parmar to protect old growth and end subsidies to Drax and the forest biomass sector: bit.ly/takeactionforbiomass
#ForestsAreNotFuel #BigBadBioEnergy
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#ForestsAreNotFuel #StopBurningTrees #Greenwashing #DangerousDistraction #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #BigBadBioEnergy
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In an important victory for forests, the climate, and local residents, plans to build two industrial-scale wood pellet plants in the US have been cancelled.
Gary Hughs, from BAN member group Biofuelwatch, reports from California State Capitol.
#Stockton #ForestsAreNotFuel #WoodBurning
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to stop promoting the burn of woody biomass and the use of disposable paper products at the conference 'Building a better bioeconomy: How the EU’s new Strategy can boost rural livelihoods and sustain forests' last 12th of June.
#ForestsAreNotFuel #Biomass #Bioenergy #ThrowawayPaper
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BECCS is a false climate solution. Dutch lawmakers must block BECCS subsidies before it’s too late.
Read more from Comité Schone Lucht & allies:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#ForestsAreNotFuel #BECCS #StopGreenwashing
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📢Urgent action - the Government has just announced it is giving billions more from our energy bills to the world's biggest tree burner, Drax! 🏭🔥🌳🏭
🦉🌳 Please call on your MP to help stop these disastrous tree-burning subsidies. #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax #ForestsAreNotFuel #BigBadBiomass #DumpDrax
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Highlighting powerful moments from our DC press conference on International Day of Action on Big Biomass! A special shout-out to our partners and community organizations.
#BigBadBiomass #CutCarbonNotForest #ForestsAreNotFuel #BigBadBioenergy #LookBiden
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🚨 Happening now! The DC press conference featuring affected communities from MS, AL, GA, SC, NC is live. We're calling on President Biden to stop biomass industry expansion. Tune in:#BigBadBiomass #BigBadBioenergy #CutCarbonNotForest #ForestsAreNotFuel
youtube.com/live/9yCq5Y7KR…
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Starting #InternationalDayofActiononBigBiomass with an eye-opening webinar by @biofuelwatch on the impacts of biomass in the US and Canada. Let's stay informed! Follow #BigBadBiomass #CutCarbonNotForest #ForestsAreNotFuel #BigBadBioenergy for updates!
youtu.be/E_e6j7T4uhY?si…
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#forestsarenotfuel Helfe mit unsere Wälder zu erhalten und unterzeichne diese Petition für einen Stopp der Zerstörung von Wäldern zur Energiegewinnung https://t.co/rlxtTaPqUX
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