DoomsdaysCW<p>Drax: UK power station still burning rare forest wood</p><p>Feburary 27, 2024<br>By Joe Crowley, BBC Panorama</p><p>"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.</p><p>"Papers obtained by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> show <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drax</span></a> took timber from rare <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> it had claimed were 'no-go areas'.</p><p>"It comes as the government decides whether to give the firm's Yorkshire site billions more in environmental subsidies funded by energy bill payers.</p><p>"Drax says its wood pellets are 'sustainable and legally harvested'.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DraxPowerStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DraxPowerStation</span></a>, near Selby in North Yorkshire, is a converted coal plant which burns wood pellets. In 2023, it produced about 5% of the UK's electricity. The site has become a key part of the government's drive to meet its climate targets.</p><p>"Its owner, Drax, receives money from energy bill payers because the electricity produced from burning pellets is classified as renewable and treated as emission-free."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68381160" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/science-environme</span><span class="invisible">nt-68381160</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RareForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RareForests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IllegalWoodHarvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalWoodHarvesting</span></a></p>