Forests under Pressure: Why the Bioeconomy Threatens our Ecosystems

By Peter Gerhardt The era of fossil fuels is coming to an end, leaving humanity having to increasingly draw on

German NGOs say “NO” to social and environmental damage caused by bioeconomy

In our view, the current discussions on bioeconomy by the Federal Government of Germany have the potential to further undermine

“Paper Saving – Packaging in Focus” Conference

Jan. 22 to 23, 2019 in Bremen, Germany denkhausbremen and the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) invite you to attend the

Sustainability in the case of tissue (paper)

Debate between environmentalists and industry: What is sustainability in the case of tissue? At a high level congress “Tissue –

Unipers wood burning in Provence power station destroys forests!

Press release from Denkhaus Bremen, SOS Foret du Sud, Rettet den Regenwald and the Association of Critical Shareholders: Unipers wood

Are Innogy´s marketing claims just greenwashing?

Environmental campaigners criticize biomass investments by RWE spinoff Innogy during company’s AGM: Are Innogy´s marketing claims just greenwashing? Joint Press

NGO letter on FAO: Forests are not fuel.

Open NGO letter on FAO’s International Day of Forests 2017 The FAO and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests have chosen

Clearcutting for power companies

By Peter Gerhardt and Michael Gerhardt Wood has been an important source of energy for humans since time immemorial. On

Clearcutting of forests for E.ON and RWE

E.ON and RWE are on a global shopping spree for timber. The energy giants are planning to extend the life

Biomass: EU asks – denkhausbremen replies

Statement on survey by the European Commission for European biomass policy from 2020 This statement is also available in German.

Barking up the wrong tree: Energy giants are on a worldwide shopping tour for wood in order to produce ”green”

Humanity has got an energy problem. Fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal are finite and burn-ing them causes

Metamorphosis of destructive logging companies

By Peter Gerhardt The German version of this post can be found here. This article was published as well on The Ecologist, World