The Forest Defenders Alliance speaks for a new European forest policy that puts nature and climate first.
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Forest Defenders retweeted
🌲🔥 Reject Continued Subsidies to Drax 🔥🌲
Burning forest wood is not 'low carbon', is a massive source of #airpollution in the UK, and contributes to the destruction of old growth forests.
forestlitigation.org/the-sub…
@TeamPFPI
Forest Defenders retweeted
🔴Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy
Critics argue the technology is a “dangerous distraction” to the real measures required to tackle catastrophic man-made climate change
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/11/r…
Forest Defenders retweeted
#ThinkAgainRachel
#Chancellor
#SpendingReview
Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy - @BylineTimes
“a colossal waste of money that actively worsens the climate crisis even with carbon capture”.
Read more 👉 scrapcc.org/BYLINE
Forest Defenders retweeted
Springfield, MA: biomass is back on the table. But burning wood emits more CO₂ than coal per unit of energy. This isn’t clean. It’s a loophole. PFPI says NO to false solutions. #StopBiomass #ClimateScience
canarymedia.com/articles/pol…
Forest Defenders retweeted
THREAD: A few thoughts on today’s biomass (Drax) announcement by the gov.
Overall, clearly @Ed_Miliband & @energygovuk are not overly enthusiastic about wood pellets – on grounds of value for money & sustainability. So, a MUCH more limited role for Drax from 2027-2031.
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Forest Defenders retweeted
🚨#BREAKING: Numerous emergency personnel are on the scene following a tank explosion at a woodchip conveyor facility with evacuations
📌#Savannah | #Georgia
Currently, numerous emergency personnel are on the scene in Savannah, Georgia, fighting a large industrial fire that has broken out at an underground wood chip conveyor facility. Officials are reporting that one tank explosion has occurred, prompting evacuations from the facility. So far, no injuries have been reported. Heavy smoke can be seen miles away, and witnesses heard the explosion when it happened. The exact cause of the fire is not yet known and is under investigation this situation is still developing.
Forest Defenders retweeted
Today the @VattenfallGroup hold their AGM in Sweden. Together with a large alliance & @GretaThunberg, we protested in 4 countries against their plans to increase wood energy in many EU countries. robinwood.de/pressemitteilun…
#StopFakeRenewables #Bioenergie #ausgebrannt
Forest Defenders retweeted
Great news for our forests from the Netherlands!
Yesterday the following motion was adopted in the Dutch Parliament:
➜ DISCOURAGE the import of woody biomass from abroad
➜ NO more new subsidies for woody biomass from abroad
Good step in the right direction!
#BigBadBiomass
ALT Logging in Southern US by Enviva
Forest Defenders retweeted
“The reindeer have survived here since the ice age, but only sixty years of today's clear-cutting, the so-called sustainable Swedish forestry model, have put them on the verge of starvation.”
@Juliarensberg & Nila Jannok i @TIME
#standwithsápmi
time.com/6899748/deforestati…
Forest Defenders retweeted
UK sued for counting wood burning with carbon capture as ‘negative emissions’ ift.tt/O8lVD29
Forest Defenders retweeted
🗣️ YOUR VOICE for #Europe's forests! 🌳 🌲
action.wemove.eu/sign/2023-1…
End the destruction of Romanian and European #forests, @VSinkevicius! 🛑, demands the #petition which was launched today.
SIGN and SHARE the petition letting the EU know you do not stand for this destruction!
Forest Defenders retweeted
The 🇪🇺 is making progress on #ClimateAction but it is insulating its roof with the windows open!
Our latest report, based on stakeholder workshops, shows how existing 🇪🇺 policies are actively hindering us from reaching our climate goals 👇
wwf.eu/?12038866/PR-Hall-of-…
Forest Defenders retweeted
Today is international day of action against #biomass / industrial wood burning. That's why also our German and Finnish fellow forest protectors are back on the streets (in all weather and snow! ☃️☔️):
- Trees do not belong in power plants but in forests -
Protests in many cities and Member States today✊together for our forests 🌳
#BigBadBiomass #protest #StopFakeRenewables #ecocide
Forest Defenders retweeted
🌳Heute ist der internationale Aktionstag gegen Holzverbrennung. Wälder gehören nicht in Kraftwerke, Herr #Habeck! Intakte Wälder sichern unser Überleben! In 6 Städten finden deshalb Proteste statt.✊
#BigBadBiomass #StopFakeRenewables #Energiewende
robinwood.de/pressemitteilun…
ALT Viele Menschen mit Schildern und Bannern und einem brennenden Pappbaum vor einem Kraftwerk
Forest Defenders retweeted
”Besides impoverishing biodiversity, clear-cutting also leads to a loss of carbon stored in both trees & soil.”
The large increase in emissions caused by this forest degradation creates a carbon debt that the harmful tree monocultures cannot repay in time
trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-econom…
Forest Defenders retweeted
6000 scientists argue 4 the EU #restorenature law & sustainable use regulation
The letter debunks the 6 most common, unjustified claims of the opponents of the 2 policies
Eg. the policies don't threaten food security!
zenodo.org/record/8128624
@ForestDefence @Fern_NGO @Dendrocene
Forest Defenders retweeted
No nature = No future!
We and next generations will be robbed of our futures if we don’t start restoring nature now!
Tell your Members of the Parliament to make a conscious and science-based choice on 12 July. We need the law to #RestoreNature. Our lives depend on it. restorenature.eu/en/take-act…
Forest Defenders retweeted
Pilgrimsvandrare sörjer förlorad skog - Bohusläns skogsnätverk anordnade en pilgrimsvandring mellan @svenskakyrkan's kalhyggen i Tanums kommun. Pilgrimsvandringen blev ett manifest i sorgens tecken;
skyddaskogen.se/pilgrimsvand…
#skyddaskogen #hållbarhetskris #swegreen #svpol
ALT Pilgrimsvandrare sörjer skogen som Svenska kyrkan avverkat. Foto: Per Pixel.
Forest Defenders retweeted
I am hereby changing the names of
CCU to CCPU: carbon capture, pipelines & use
CCS to CCPS: carbon capture, pipelines & storage
DAC to DACP:direct air capture & pipelines
since most all such schemes involve invading people's land to build pipelines
Tell it as it is
Forest Defenders retweeted
🚨Breaking 🚨
Vote on the final report of the law to #RestoreNature rejected with a 44:44 tie at @EP_Environment.
Today’s rejection of the ENVI report is an opportunity to adopt a more consistent and ambitious text in plenary on 12 July.
Today’s divide in the ENVI committee, where half of the MEPs voted in favour of the Nature Restoration Law, proves that lies, misinformation, and dirty tactics are fiercely resisted in this Parliament.
Now, it's time for MEPs in plenary to vote with unwavering conscience and responsibility, addressing the climate and biodiversity crises that threaten the very survival of our planet.
