RichardAshwell , 4 months ago to random Drax: UK power station burns wood from rare forests A power company that has received £6bn in UK green subsidies has kept burning wood from some of the world's most precious #forests, the BBC has found. Papers obtained by Panorama show #Drax took timber from rare forests in Canada it had claimed were "no go areas". It comes as the government decides whether to give the firm's Yorkshire site billions more in environmental #subsidies funded by #energy bill payers. #deforestation #Climate #ClimateChange #AxeDrax #RenewableEnergy #Biomass #Biofuels https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68381160
Drax: UK power station burns wood from rare forests
A power company that has received £6bn in UK green subsidies has kept burning wood from some of the world's most precious #forests, the BBC has found.
Papers obtained by Panorama show #Drax took timber from rare forests in Canada it had claimed were "no go areas".
It comes as the government decides whether to give the firm's Yorkshire site billions more in environmental #subsidies funded by #energy bill payers.
#deforestation #Climate #ClimateChange #AxeDrax #RenewableEnergy #Biomass #Biofuels
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68381160
RichardAshwell OP , 4 months ago Here's a detailed report from biofuelwatch: Logging what’s left - How Drax’s pellet mills are sourcing logs from British Columbia’s rarest Old Growth forests #Forests #Drax #Subsidies #Energy #Deforestation #Climate #ClimateChange #AxeDrax #RenewableEnergy #Biomass #Biofuels https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Drax-in-BC-report.pdf
Here's a detailed report from biofuelwatch:
Logging what’s left - How Drax’s pellet mills are sourcing logs from British Columbia’s rarest Old Growth forests
#Forests #Drax #Subsidies #Energy #Deforestation #Climate #ClimateChange #AxeDrax #RenewableEnergy #Biomass #Biofuels
https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Drax-in-BC-report.pdf