The fine folks at Carbon Trade Watch have produced a great new leaflet, using information from their recent Nothing Neutral Here report.
You can download a print-ready PDF of the leaflet here:
Carbon Trade Watch Biomass Leaflet
The UK is steaming ahead with developing biomass energy production, with by far the most agressive plans for big biomass in Europe. Both industry and government are financing this, with subsidies in the form of ROCs, money from the “Green” Investment bank and permits to pollute through the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. This will have disastrous results both globally and locally, for the environment, biodiversity, human rights and health.
Now is the time for action. You can find out if there are plans for a bioenergy power station near you using the handy map from Biofuelwatch. If there is already a local grop fighting these plans then please join them, if not then get together with other concerned residents and start one.
There are lots of great online resources to help campaign groups, including the Sheila McKechnie Foundation’s Campaign Central, the Rhizome network, Seeds for Change and Trapese.
