Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass

CRAB is a group of local residents opposed to the Mount Alexander Bioenergy from waste facility proposed by MASG at Don KR, Castlemaine Vic.
#IsDonIsNoGood

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry urges stronger oversight and community safeguards for waste-to-energy projects - but falls short of Victorian Greens recommendation to prohibit them https://t.co/ThSlp2ZVRu
#WasteToEnergy

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

📰 Four of Australia's leading conservation organisations have united to end native forest logging, joining forces alongside more than 50 environmental organisations to launch the Forest Protection Principles. https://t.co/iurVXBpQvb

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

Waste to Energy technology is not renewable, not clean and has high emissions
https://t.co/y4EpfVymeh
See the Smart Energy Council report here:
https://t.co/5x4kHbyqoC
#WasteToEnergy
#Bioenergy
#SmartEnergyCouncil
#StopPublicFunding

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

New report by Smart Energy Council concludes Waste-to-energy in Australia is not renewable, not clean and has high emissions:
https://t.co/5x4kHbyqoC
#WasteToEnergy
#SmartEnergy
#SmartEnergyCouncil

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

Scientists express grave concern at the presence of carbon accounting loopholes for forest bioenergy within IPCC guidelines
https://t.co/NjOvZBvUWj
#bioenergy
#carbonaccounting
#IPCC
#IPCC65
#COP31
#cop31türkiye

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

Lancashire chemicals factory facing potential legal claim announces closure https://t.co/LkUtngMGaK

[Australian Forests and Climate Alliance @AFCA_Forests]

Global Forest Coalition (GFC): Bioenergy at a crossroads: Global biomass energy policy must turn off its destructive path
https://t.co/MYdZ2zdyZw
(Australian forest & energy policy still in the dark ages 🙄) #climate

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

Modern waste-to-energy plants claim to be safe but these Melbourne residents aren't convinced https://t.co/asUmFtUpA9 via @ABCaustralia
#BigBadBiomass

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

New report published by Comité Schone Lucht and Biofuelwatch reveals that the Dutch Green Gold Label (GGL), created by and for the energy company RWE, fails in oversight, transparency and public accountability.
https://t.co/rAFKs9bhBP
#BigBadBiomass
#BiomassDelusion
#Biofuelwatch

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

South Australia Waste Strategy 2025-2030 reinforces fact that Energy from Waste (EfW) aka Waste to Energy is not considered to be part of a circular economy
https://t.co/g49WowXwhN
#EnergyfromWaste
#WastetoEnergy
#Bioenergy
#BigBadBiomass
#BiomassDelusion
#Greenwash

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

Drax faces lawsuits over claims workers developed asthma and other serious health problems from wood dust
https://t.co/3aOpKmx06j
#BigBadBiomass
#BiomassDelusion
#WoodDust
#WoodPellets
#Asthma
#Drax
#Toxic

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

From Today's Age - Ashes to Ashes - Lara Incinerator killed off!
#bigbadbiomass
#biomassdelusion
#wastetoenergy
#bioenergydestroysbiodiversity
#killthemalloff

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

In Burnie today, our foundation joined with members of the community to oppose HIF Global’s plans to burn 340,000 tonnes of native forest woodchip in a proposed methanol production plant in Burnie.
#politas #bigbadbiomass
https://t.co/7GSjPyEVtf

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
https://t.co/CoZ0U1r7ER
#carbonemissions
#isdonisnogood

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

Licence to burn: Victoria is changing the way it deals with rubbish – is it moving too fast? | Waste | The Guardian
#wastetoenergy
#toxic
#toxicwaste
#nosociallicence
#bigbadbiomass
#biomassdelusion https://t.co/kKuG4JFjUX

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

New scientific study finds Burning Forest Biomass Is Not an Effective Climate Mitigation Response and Conflicts With Biodiversity Adaptation:
https://t.co/rHppoYCrlL
#BigBadBiomass
#BiomassDelusion
#Bioenergy

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

New international report says world’s largest #biomass certifier "Sustainable Biomass Program" (SBP) allows forest destruction and rising emissions under the guise of clean energy:
https://t.co/1WYLUwryAk
#BigBadBiomass
#BiomassDelusion

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

This fuel is 50% plastic — and it’s slipping through a loophole in international waste law https://t.co/A2kVYEK4RL via @FifthEstateAU
#RDF
#RefuseDerivedFuel
#plasticwaste
#incineration
#WasteToEnergy
#EnergyFromWaste
#ToxicWaste
#HazardousWaste

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year
#toxicsewagesludge
#toxicwaste
#biosolids
#sewagesludge
#waste
#toxic https://t.co/VaQDymecZf

[Castlemaine Residents Against Biomass @wearecrab]

Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince
#BigBadBiomass
#BiomassDelusion
#BiomassDelusionStatement
#Drax https://t.co/tAj5Fn2o89