{"id":6652,"date":"2022-07-11T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/?p=6652"},"modified":"2023-08-22T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:10:08","slug":"wake-up-call-for-european-parliament-by-light-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/wake-up-call-for-european-parliament-by-light-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake-up call for European Parliament by light show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Industry Committee called on to listen to science and society: No Burning biomass<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

BRUSSELS | On Sunday night July 10, the Dutch Comit\u00e9 Schone Lucht1<\/a><\/sup>comiteschonelucht.nl<\/a><\/span> called on the industry committee of the EU parliament to stop burning biomass for energy. The Dutch projected the message, on behalf of the International Coalition2<\/a><\/sup>International Coalition against Biomass Burning exist of about 30 European NGO\u2019s protesting against the burning of forest biomass for energy. The current action is the umpteenth public campaign that has been carried out in the last years, by the Clean Air Committee (CSL – 1) together with the international coalition against burning biomass (see also Forest Defenders Protest). CSL previously brought on behalf of the coalition together with Birdlife Europe and WeMOVE Europe, more than 300,000 signatures to the headquarters of Frans Timmermans in Brussels, vice president of the EU Commission and promoter of woody biomass for energy. In collaboration with other NGOs and action groups, from both the source countries Estonia (Save Estonia\u2019s Forests<\/strong>, Estonian Forest Aid<\/strong>; Estonian Fund for Nature<\/strong>), Sweden (Save the Forests<\/strong>), Hungary (WildEurope<\/strong>), Finland (Ei polteta tulevaisuutta – kampanja<\/strong>), Slovakia (WOLF<\/strong>), Poland (Workshop for All Beings – Pracownia<\/strong>), Romania (Green Squad<\/strong>), Austria, France (Canopee<\/strong>), US (Dogwood Alliance<\/strong>, Forest Defenders<\/strong>, PFPI<\/strong>, NRDC<\/strong> ) as well as those that import the wood for biomass burning; including Netherlands (CSL<\/strong>), Belgium (Fern<\/strong>, Birdlife<\/strong>), UK (Biofuelwatch<\/strong>), Denmark (NOAH<\/strong>), Germany (Robin Wood<\/strong>, NABU<\/strong>) and Italy (Green Impact<\/strong>), they organized numerous (street) actions in Brussels. The Netherlands plays a remarkable role in the biomass debate: not only was it the first country to stop new subsidies last spring, the Dutch are also the second largest wood importers of wood pellets for burning biomass in the world. Major driver of burning biomass is the Dutchman, Frans Timmermans, vice president of the EU Commission and GreenDeal, who made it possible to exempt billions of biomass subsidies (17.5 billion EU euros on annual basis). At the same time, no turning point has been greater than in Dutch society. Due to the ongoing campaign from CSL, awareness and resistance to biomass grew in Dutch society. Where 4 years ago biomass was still seen as a solution, there is now growing consensus within science, politics and society that biomass is a problem that must be stopped as soon as possible (SER, 2020).<\/span> against the burning of biomass, via a light show on Place du Luxembourg and the Triumphal Arch in the Cinquantenaire Park. The message that was projected on various buildings went viral immediately after the light show last night after 11 p.m. and immediately became a hype with the hashtag #stopfakerenewabels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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