Government Urged to End Subsidies as Drax Accused of Burning Old Forest Wood

{Drax Accused of Burning Old Forest – Drax is seen as a renewable power supplier and is classed as carbon neutral.  This is patently untrue.  Government subsidises Drax to do this.Earth and Leaf Editorial}

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Government urged to end subsidies as Drax accused of burning old forest wood

This is quite simply outrageous.  Drax is seen as a renewable power supplier and is classed as carbon neutral.  This is patently untrue.  It is also appalling that our government subsidises Drax to do this.

Campaign groups found that Drax, which owns the UK’s largest power station near Selby in North Yorkshire, sourced whole logs from primary and old growth forests – those with unique habitats and ecological functions.

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