• Drax burns old growth forest

    Drax Should Have No Place In UK Climate Plan

    Once again I have to talk about Drax. This company, Drax, burns old growth forest felled in Canada and imported to the UK.  This is emphatically not green energy, nor is it renewable energy.  They've just built a ship to facilitate this vile trade.  Their ridiculous subsidies must stop.  I need say no more.

  • Carbon Brief

    Carbon Brief

    Earth and Leaf Editorial – Glossary: Carbon Brief’s guide to 25 ‘climate-friendly’ farming methods   Carbon Brief tell us that global food systems are responsible for around one third of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions each year.  Does that include deforestation, transport of soya?  If not then its much higher still.  Lets find out.  The answer?  It does not include deforestation. Glossary: Carbon Brief’s guide to 25 ‘climate-friendly’ farming methods Extract Global food systems are responsible for around one third of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions each year. Agriculture is also, by far, the biggest driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss. Producing less meat, using less synthetic fertiliser, stopping food waste and…