EPN is hiring! Do you want to join our amazing team? EPN International is looking for a new Finance Working Group Coordinator. Learn more about the role and apply until September 15th 👇 environmentalpaper.org/2024/08/financ…

Biden Administration mistakenly seeks delay of EU’s new deforestation regulation #EUDR Commentary by Etelle Higonnet for Mongabay news.mongabay.com/2024/08/biden-…

A new study finds that green labels fall short of requirements set by the #EUDR. Out of the 5 green labels studied - Forest Stewardship Council, RTRS, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, Fairtrade Intl and Rainforest Alliance - NONE fully aligned with the most important requirements. 🔗bit.ly/4cpzS9R

How ‘green’ electricity from wood harms the planet — and people go.nature.com/3MfYDLk

Burning trees is not a climate solution nature.com/articles/d4158…

41 environmental groups from USA, Canada, Latvia, Estonia and Portugal urge Ed Miliband government to stop subsidising Drax to burn trees from their countries’ forests: docs.google.com/document/d/1Vj… #StopFakeRenewables

Letter to Labour energy secretary from 41 groups says wood-burning biomass plants are putting forests and biodiversity at risk theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Pulp and paper producer Suzano’s eucalyptus plantations are worsening drought conditions in the Brazilian Cerrado, according to a new report from EPN, causing water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and impacting local communities. More from Mongabay👇 news.mongabay.com/2024/08/eucaly…

🚨Pulp, paper, and palm producer RGE received billions in sustainability loans, including from Japanese mega bank MUFG, to finance deforestation in Indonesia🚨 Rainforest Action Network (RAN) 🌴 is calling for immediate suspensions of business with the RGE Group ran.org/forest-frontli…

A new controversial plan, headed by Golden State Natural Resources, in partnership with the British biofuels giant Drax, seeks to turn wood from California’s national forests into fuel pellets to be sold in Asia. Little Manila Rising news.yahoo.com/news/environme…

Residents in South Sumatra, Indonesia, took three subsidiaries of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) to court over chronic smoke haze. Their pulpwood concessions are accused of repeatedly causing haze pollution due to fires on their concessions. environmentalpaper.org/2024/09/enough…

🚨🌍 Join the International Day of Action on Big Biomass on Oct 21, 2024! Let’s raise awareness on how #bioenergy destroys #biodiversity. 🌱💥 Participate globally & share the message Get involved & spread the word! #IDOA24 environmentalpaper.org/idoa-24/ Environmental Paper Network

‘Sustainable’ logging operations are clear-cutting Canada’s climate-fighting forests reuters.com/investigates/s…

“You can put this in capital letters,” Gatti said. “It will get worse and worse. We are heading toward an apocalyptical situation, and unfortunately, we only wake up at the last minute.”ecowatch.com/brazil-drought…

.NRDC 🌎🏡's latest tissue scorecard shows sustainable TP is on a "roll" but P&G is being left behind by top competitors that are embracing greater sustainability and Charmin remains "rough" on forests 🌳🧻🌳🧻 nrdc.org/bio/ashley-jor…

🔔 Happening this week! Don't miss out. 🔗 Link to the zoom event: tinyurl.com/Finance-CBDA #COPCBD #Biodiversity #FalseSolutions