Amsterdam Students Challenge German Energy Giant over Climate-Neutral Biomass Claims
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Amsterdam Students challenge German energy giant over climate-neutral biomass claims
Law students at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have filed a complaint with the Dutch Advertising Code Committee against German energy giant RWE. The complaint alleges that the company uses misleading advertising by presenting biomass as a climate-neutral energy source.RWE operates several large power plants in the Netherlands, including a biomass plant in Geertruidenberg and a coal- and biomass-fired plant in Eemshaven that it operates jointly.
Law students from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam are filing a complaint against the German energy group RWE with the Advertising Code Committee. They argue that the company is engaging in misleading advertising by presenting biomass as a climate-neutral energy source.
Energy company RWE falsely claims that biomass is ‘climate neutral’. This is the assertion made by students from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. They conducted research into biomass and want the company, which operates a biomass plant in Geertruidenberg, to correct this claim. ‘It is a form of greenwashing.’
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