[biofuelwatch] Protests against big biomass: Shropshire, London, Edinburgh

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This is a reminder for two banner protests in Shropshire and London and an announcement of a protest in Edinburgh, outside the Scottish Parliament.

+ Shrewsbury, Thursday, 5th April (tomorrow), 9am: Protest against E.On's plans to burn vast amounts of imported wood at Ironbridge, organised by Friends of the Earth Shrewsbury, Friends of the Earth Telford and Biofuelwatch.  For details, please see: http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2012/ironbridge-protest/

+ London, Wednesday, 11th April, 5.30 pm, outside the European Biomass to Power industry conference (Marriott Hotel, 147 Cromwell Road, Kensington, SW5 OTH) 

Background:

On 11th and 12th April, the European Biomass to Power industry conference will be held in London.   With an entrance  fee of over £1,600 per person, the conference is aimed at large energy companies, consultancies and investors in `supply chains', likely involving land-grabbing.

Two of the biggest EU carbon emitters – Vattenfall and RWE – will be represented: RWE have  converted Tilbury Power Station from coal to biomass in an attempt to keep this polluting and inefficient plant open beyond 2015 and cash in subsidies.  Vattenfall have bought shares in a plantation company in Liberia to supply their  power stations in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.

Another company represented on the speakers' list, called AfriRen, was set up to "provide European industry with stable long-term supplies of quality biomass" – from African countries.

Investments planned and furthered at the conference will mean more deforestation and climate change, more land-grabbing and more air pollution for UK communities.  

Please bring a banner or placard and friends if you can and please help spread the word!

This protest is jointly organised by Biofuelwatch and Campaign Against Climate Change.

See: http://www.facebook.com/events/325181774206380/?ref=ts&__adt=2

+ Edinburgh, 19th April 2012, 12.30 - 2pm : No Biomass Subsidies - Demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Government said it shared concerns over Forth Energy's Plans for Big Biomass. It said that big biomass can use unsustainable amounts of wood from overseas. It said that big biomass may be too inefficient to support.

The Government said it would put its money where its mouth was by taking away financial support for Big Biomass.

But now, in spite of all this, it has proposed new draft legislation which would see biomass continued to be supported as renewable energy, making millions of pounds available to the likes of Forth Energy.

Let's remind our MSPs and the Government why it must back away from this false solution!

Bring banners, yourselves, and your friends. 

Please sign the petition linked to this event, at http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/nobiomassinscotland

Please bring a friend and a banner or placard if possible. 

The demonstration is supported by No Leith Biomass, Biofuelwatch, Grangemouth Community Council and Friends of the Earth Scotland

See: http://www.facebook.com/events/242878462472335/ 

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