{"id":10605,"date":"2024-02-29T14:13:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/?page_id=10605"},"modified":"2024-02-29T14:14:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:14:42","slug":"press-releases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/press-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Press releases"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10605\" class=\"elementor elementor-10605\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-667917f7 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"667917f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72f5333\" data-id=\"72f5333\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c72cca1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c72cca1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Press releases<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-547bea21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"547bea21\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ed07e75\" data-id=\"7ed07e75\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67c8734a elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-sticky-posts\" data-id=\"67c8734a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-sticky-posts.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"upw-posts hfeed\">\n\n  \n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-12165 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-newsletters category-press-releases tag-beccs-2 tag-catching-smoke-2 tag-the-dutch-climate-minister-sophie-hermans\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/premiere-catching-smoke-the-movie-shows-absurdity-of-beccs-in-dutch-climate-plans\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Premiere \u2018Catching Smoke\u2019 (The Movie) shows absurdity of BECCS in Dutch Climate plans                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2025-05-09T12:25:32+00:00\">2025-05-09 12:25<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/comiteschonelucht\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                The Dutch Climate Minister Sophie Hermans wants to focus heavily on so-called \u2018CO2 capture and storage\u2019 at biomass power stations. This under the motto of \u2018sustainable CO2 removal\u2019. The cabinet...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/premiere-catching-smoke-the-movie-shows-absurdity-of-beccs-in-dutch-climate-plans\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-12178 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-newsletters category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/serious-blockade-at-rwe-board-during-agm-regarding-origin-of-biomass\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Serious blockade at RWE board during AGM regarding origin of biomass                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2025-05-05T12:46:33+00:00\">2025-05-05 12:46<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/comiteschonelucht\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                During the RWE Annual General Meeting last week, Biofuelwatch (UK) and the Clean Air Committee (NL) confronted the RWE board with critical questions about the quantity, origin and claimed sustainability...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/serious-blockade-at-rwe-board-during-agm-regarding-origin-of-biomass\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-12206 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-newsletters category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/large-scale-import-of-fragmented-forests-certainly-not-phased-out-in-the-netherlands-on-the-contrary\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Large-scale import of fragmented forests certainly not phased out in the Netherlands. On the contrary                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2025-04-22T13:35:28+00:00\">2025-04-22 13:35<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/comiteschonelucht\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                Deforestation and forest degradation are increasing To our great surprise, we discovered that earlier this year (in January, 2025) more than 97,000 tons of shredded forest for our biomass was...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/large-scale-import-of-fragmented-forests-certainly-not-phased-out-in-the-netherlands-on-the-contrary\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-12032 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-newsletters category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/breakthrough-for-dutch-forests-and-world-first\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Breakthrough for Dutch forests and world first                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2025-03-18T19:22:38+00:00\">2025-03-18 19:22<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/comiteschonelucht\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                Clear felling in Dutch forests definitively off the table Today it was announced that the Dutch forest lobby group Vereniging van Bos- en Natuurterreinbezithouders VBNE (Association of Forest and Nature...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/breakthrough-for-dutch-forests-and-world-first\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-11881 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-releases tag-lawsuit tag-minister-of-agriculture\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/lawsuit-against-ministry-of-agriculture\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  IMPORTANT COURT RULING                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2024-12-20T19:06:46+00:00\">2024-12-20 19:06<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/fenna\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Fenna Swart                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                Nature action groups win lawsuit against Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature | No Clearcutting as a forest management measure Press release 20 December 2024 \u2018End to the...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/lawsuit-against-ministry-of-agriculture\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-11682 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-releases tag-against-biomass-2 tag-biomass-2 tag-vattenfail-2\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/vattenvall-stops-building\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Definitive end of Vattenfall biomass plant is good and bad news                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2024-10-16T12:49:25+00:00\">2024-10-16 12:49<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/comiteschonelucht\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                Press release 16 October 2024 Clean Air Committee: Council of State must still rule on the nature permit The news that Vattenfall is stopping the construction of the largest biomass...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/vattenvall-stops-building\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-11087 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/protest-against-vattenvall\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Protests in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and the UK against\u00a0Vattenfall\u2019s\u00a0continued investments in high-carbon biomass plants                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2024-04-29T13:02:38+00:00\">2024-04-29 13:02<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/comiteschonelucht\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                Press Release | April 29, 2024 29th April 2024&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Protests are taking place in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, and the UK coinciding with&nbsp;Vattenfall\u2019s Annual General Meeting (AGM) against Vattenfall\u2019s investments in...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/protest-against-vattenvall\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-10461 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/ministry-officials-secretly-helped-with-new-biomass-subsidy-vattenfall\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Ministry officials secretly helped with new biomass subsidy Vattenfall | &#8216;This is going to cause hassle&#8217;                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2024-02-26T19:21:14+00:00\">2024-02-26 19:21<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/newadmin\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      newadmin                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                Despite a cabinet decision and ruling by the Council of State, which annulled the environmental permit last summer for the planned biomass power plant in Diemen NL, officials helped the...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/ministry-officials-secretly-helped-with-new-biomass-subsidy-vattenfall\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-9902 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases tag-amer-power-plant tag-beccs-2 tag-biomass-2 tag-rwe-permit\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/rwe-starts-controversial-permit-process-for-biomass-with-beccs-amer-power-plant\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  RWE starts controversial permit process for biomass with BECCS Amer power plant                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2023-12-13T10:43:08+00:00\">2023-12-13 10:43<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/comiteschonelucht\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                RWE, the largest energy company in the Netherlands, has started the procedure to convert its second coal-fired Amer power plant to 100% biomass combustion with CO2 capture and storage.                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/rwe-starts-controversial-permit-process-for-biomass-with-beccs-amer-power-plant\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-9446 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/urgent-call-to-wopke-hoekstra-cop28-with-letter-art-action-in-brussels\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Urgent Call to Wopke Hoekstra\/ COP28 with Letter &amp; Art Action in Brussels                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2023-11-20T17:38:34+00:00\">2023-11-20 17:38<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/comiteschonelucht\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                International Coalition Forest and Nature Action Groups are calling Hoekstra to order BRUSSELS | In the week preceding COP28 in Dubai, the international coalition of nature action groups (from the...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/urgent-call-to-wopke-hoekstra-cop28-with-letter-art-action-in-brussels\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-10089 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases tag-greenwashing-2 tag-vattenfall-cara-delevingne-2 tag-vattenfall-new-commercial tag-version-of-vattenfall-commercial\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/new-summer-sustainability-campaign-vattenfall-encounters-protest-in-society-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  New summer sustainability campaign Vattenfall encounters protest in society                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2023-08-04T07:46:14+00:00\">2023-08-04 07:46<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/comiteschonelucht\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                Energy company Vattenfall is launching a new international sustainability campaign this summer starring model, Hollywood actress and self-proclaimed 'eco-warrior' Cara Delevingne.                                   <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/new-summer-sustainability-campaign-vattenfall-encounters-protest-in-society-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-7248 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/urgent-letter-from-international-coalition-of-environmental-organizations-to-the-dutch-house-of-representatives\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Urgent letter from international coalition of environmental organizations to the Dutch House of Representatives                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2023-06-12T15:03:20+00:00\">2023-06-12 15:03<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/fenna\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Fenna Swart                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                A coalition of international environmental organisations, Dogwood Alliance (US), Natural Resources Defense Council (US), Save Estonia's Forests and Biofuelwatch (UK), in collaboration with the Dutch Clean Air Committee, have sent an urgent letter to Dutch members of parliament about the need to withdraw long-term biomass subsidies - in the run-up to the parliamentary roundtable on biomass as 15 June.                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/urgent-letter-from-international-coalition-of-environmental-organizations-to-the-dutch-house-of-representatives\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-7086 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/vattenfail-civil-society-groups-in-sweden-germany-netherlands-and-brussels-call-out-vattenfalls-investments-in-wood-bioenergy-and-continued-fossil-fuels-burning\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  VattenFAIL: civil society groups in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and Brussels call out Vattenfall&#8217;s investments in wood bioenergy and continued fossil fuels burning                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2023-04-26T06:50:57+00:00\">2023-04-26 06:50<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/fenna\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Fenna Swart                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                26th April 2022 \u2013 Coinciding with Vattenfall\u2019s AGM, banner protests against the company\u2019s investment in and expansion of wood bioenergy have been held at the site of a proposed new biomass plant in Diemen, Netherlands, outside Vattenfall\u2019s offices in Berlin and Brussels, and outside the company\u2019s AGM itself, in Solna, Sweden.                                   <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/vattenfail-civil-society-groups-in-sweden-germany-netherlands-and-brussels-call-out-vattenfalls-investments-in-wood-bioenergy-and-continued-fossil-fuels-burning\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-6865 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/new-research-certify-on-paper-without-looking-at-the-forest\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  NEW RESEARCH | Certify on paper without looking at the forest                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2023-02-06T15:04:00+00:00\">2023-02-06 15:04<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/fenna\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Fenna Swart                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                Largest certification program (SBP) for logging does not meet Dutch sustainability criteria                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/new-research-certify-on-paper-without-looking-at-the-forest\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-6689 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/nightly-action-against-biomass-at-dutch-biomass-power-plant-rwe\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Nightly Action against Biomass at Dutch Biomass Power Plant RWE                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2022-09-02T09:00:00+00:00\">2022-09-02 09:00<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/fenna\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Fenna Swart                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                Light show with message to Brussels: \u2018Biomass out of the EU Directive (RED)\u2019...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/nightly-action-against-biomass-at-dutch-biomass-power-plant-rwe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-6761 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/international-actions-announced-against-biomass-in-netherlands-and-brussels\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  International actions announced against biomass in Netherlands and Brussels                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2022-08-31T09:00:00+00:00\">2022-08-31 09:00<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/fenna\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Fenna Swart                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                This evening, on Thursday evening September 1, two actions will be carried out simultaneously in the Netherlands and Germany at prominent locations by Comite Schone Lucht (NL) and ROBIN WOOD (GE).                                   <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/international-actions-announced-against-biomass-in-netherlands-and-brussels\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-6652 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/wake-up-call-for-european-parliament-by-light-show\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Wake-up call for European Parliament by light show                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2022-07-11T20:31:00+00:00\">2022-07-11 20:31<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/fenna\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Fenna Swart                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                Industry Committee called on to listen to science and society: No Burning biomass BRUSSELS | On Sunday night July 10, the Dutch Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht called on the industry committee...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/wake-up-call-for-european-parliament-by-light-show\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-6486 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/new-report-refutes-sustainability-claims-from-biomass-industry\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  New report refutes sustainability claims from biomass industry                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2022-04-05T16:58:00+00:00\">2022-04-05 16:58<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/fenna\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Fenna Swart                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                More than 40 biomass plants across Europe using stemwood for energy. EU| New report from Forest Defenders Alliance, an international coalition of environmental NGOs against biomass, demonstrates that many wood-burning...                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/new-report-refutes-sustainability-claims-from-biomass-industry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n        \n        <article class=\"post-6312 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-press-releases\">\n\n          <header>\n\n            \n                          <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/interview-with-thomas-waitz-co-chair-of-the-european-greens\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                  Interview with Thomas Waitz, co-chair of the European Greens                <\/a>\n              <\/h4>\n            \n            \n              <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\n                                  <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2021-11-17T15:39:14+00:00\">2021-11-17 15:39<\/time>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n                \n                                  <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                    By                    <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/author\/fenna\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"fn\">\n                      Fenna Swart                    <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n                \n                \n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            \n          <\/header>\n\n                      <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n              <p>\n                                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/interview-with-thomas-waitz-co-chair-of-the-european-greens\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer \u2192<\/a>\n                              <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <footer>\n\n            \n            \n            \n          <\/footer>\n\n        <\/article>\n\n      \n  \n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press releases<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10605","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - 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