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DragofixAncient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/uk-trees-burned-green-drax-power-station" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/uk-trees-burned-green-drax-power-station</a><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forest</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trees</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deforestation</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/subsidies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#subsidies</a>

AnnaAnthroAncient trees from US and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canada</a> are shipped to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a>, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now by Dale Vince « After BBC’s Panorama investigation into the company’s destruction of primary forests, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> asked auditor KPMG to investigate, hoping for a clean bill of health. However, the evidence was so damning that the reports are being hidden from the public. »<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/uk-trees-burned-green-drax-power-station" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/uk-trees-burned-green-drax-power-station</a>

michaelAncient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now Dale VinceThe evidence against the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> power station is damning, yet the government wants to continue its massive public funding<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/uk-trees-burned-green-drax-power-station" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/uk-trees-burned-green-drax-power-station</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climateCatastrophe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sustainability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKpolitics</a>

Opinion | The Guardian USAncient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/uk-trees-burned-green-drax-power-station" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/uk-trees-burned-green-drax-power-station</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Energyindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Energyindustry</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climatecrisis</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/EdMiliband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EdMiliband</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Yorkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yorkshire</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/UKnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKnews</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a>

Climate crisis | The GuardianAncient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/uk-trees-burned-green-drax-power-station" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/uk-trees-burned-green-drax-power-station</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Energyindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Energyindustry</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climatecrisis</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/EdMiliband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EdMiliband</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Yorkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yorkshire</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/UKnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKnews</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a>

Khurram Wadee ✅Calls for <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> to be forced to fully disclose its <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/biomass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biomass</a> sourcing | Drax | The GuardianDrax used to be a huge <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coal</a>-fired <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/PowerStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerStation</a> which switched to burning biomass and so earned a label of being green (debatable, IMHO). However it has been sourcing at least some <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fuel</a> from <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthAmerica</a>, which obviously involves <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shipping</a> it over and so has been accused of <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/GreenWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenWashing</a> its credentials.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/02/calls-for-drax-to-be-forced-to-fully-disclose-biomass-sourcing-renewables-subsidies-scheme" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/02/calls-for-drax-to-be-forced-to-fully-disclose-biomass-sourcing-renewables-subsidies-scheme</a><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RenewableEnergy</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈This skeleton of a trade deal with Gilead is already looking to harm the Environment for profit. Bet Fash Boy Starmer doesn't have a problem with that, fuck the world his children will be inheriting, their wealth will somehow shield them from it he thinks. I wonder if it was money, empty promises or naked threats which made Ed Miliband change his mind? Oh wait, was it the "sound reasoning of the Trump administration", yeah? /s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKUSTradeDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKUSTradeDeal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdMilliband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EdMilliband</a>

JohnHeat distortion <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Drax?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/PowerStation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerStation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/HeatDistortion?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HeatDistortion</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Farming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Farming</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Farm?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Farm</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Yorkshire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yorkshire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NikonZ50?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NikonZ50</a>

Juggling With Eggs‘<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> of Drax Hall is not just a look into the dark sources of one family’s fortune; it is an indictment of a nation’s refusal to reckon with its past. Lashmar’s book is a necessary, damning reminder that the ghosts of empire are not distant – they are living, breathing and, in some cases, still collecting rent.’This is not my first post about the Drax family. Their exploitation and the dominance they still hold deserves to be known and scrutinised…and ultimately there must be a reckoning.

Juggling With Eggs‘James <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a>, the family’s 17th-century patriarch, was not merely a plantation owner but the founder of a system of control and punishmen. Arriving in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Barbados" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Barbados</a> in 1627, he was instrumental in shifting the island’s labour force from white indentured servants to enslaved Africans. By the 1640s, he had devised the plantation model that would dominate the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Caribbean</a> for centuries – a vast industrial machine, extracting staggering wealth through calculated cruelty.’

Juggling With EggsGreat news on the exposing the current British elite’s links to the slave trade. A certain rightwing Brexiteer <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dorset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dorset</a> ex <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tory</a> MP who really does deserve to be better known for his family’s cruelty, exploitation and the fact their wealth was entirely built on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slavery</a>, is the subject of a new book…’<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> of Drax Hall’ by Paul Lashmar. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/30/drax-of-drax-hall-by-paul-lashmar-review-forensic-expose-of-a-british-dynasty-built-on-slavery" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/30/drax-of-drax-hall-by-paul-lashmar-review-forensic-expose-of-a-british-dynasty-built-on-slavery</a>

George BailyAs soon as anyone actually invents carbon capture that works, there is zero chance that C is being sequestered somewhere. It will be fed into the system to be burned and will not count. See: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drax</a>

Geriatric Gardener“Activists take over lobbyist for toxic Drax and Heathrow – as Starmer ramps up climate attacks”by Ed Sykes in The Canary <a href="https://mastodon.social/@thecanterlonian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thecanterlonian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@UKLabour</a> “Grassroots network Axe Drax has targeted a key lobbyist for the UK’s largest carbon polluter. This comes as Keir Starmer’s compromised corporatist Labour Party government ramps up its attacks on the climate”<a href="https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/02/11/drax-lobbyist-protest/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/02/11/drax-lobbyist-protest/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Starmer</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Liar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liar</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarian</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AxeDrax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AxeDrax</a> #5654&Company <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lobbyist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lobbyist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Heathrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Heathrow</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Biomass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biomass</a>

Solar 🌄Garden<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kate</a> Is that counting <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> as neutral to the UK, or to wherever the wood comes from, or not at all because by the time the forest / plantation that grew it has regenerated to the same extent, numerous tipping points will likely already have been well crossed?

Carbon TrackerYorkshire power plant <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> has found that it was “highly likely” to have burnt wood sourced from old forest areas in Canada 🇨🇦 deemed to be environmentally important, according to internal emails - investigation follows 2022 BBC Panorama reporting <a href="https://buff.ly/4dSH7YG" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/4dSH7YG</a>

CelloMom On Cars"A plan by the British government to burn <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biomass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biomass</a> imported from countries including North Korea and Afghanistan has been described as “bonkers”, with critics saying it undermines the credibility of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a>’s climate strategy.A bioenergy resource model, published in late summer, calculates that only a big expansion in the import of energy crops and wood from a surprising list of nations would satisfy the UK’s plan to meet net zero."<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/09/anger-uk-plan-net-zero-import-biomass-fuel-north-korea" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/09/anger-uk-plan-net-zero-import-biomass-fuel-north-korea</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WoodChips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodChips</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Dirty Business of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CleanEnergy</a>: The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> Power Company Polluting Small Towns Across the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> Based on dubious carbon accounting, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a>, which runs the U.K.’s biggest <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/powerplant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#powerplant</a>, is rapidly expanding its <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/woodpellet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodpellet</a> operations across <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a>. Polluting the US when Environmentalists and scientists warn pellet business is driving forest degradation, and that <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CO2</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emissions</a> from U.K. power plants are actually more carbon-intensive than when it burned <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coal</a> instead of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wood</a>. <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/09/30/drax-wood-pellet-energy-air-pollution/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2024/09/30/drax-wood-pellet-energy-air-pollution/</a>

Dr Susi Arnott<a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@gerrymcgovern</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/stopburningtrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stopburningtrees</a> - hesitate to even call it <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/greenwash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greenwash</a> , but somehow legislation has smiled upon <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a>

Gillinger<a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ChrisMayLA6</a> Probably down to the fact that it doesn't cost anything to scrap it and the PR optics look favourable. Ask <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Starmer</a> what he's doing about <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> and their so-called eco friendly wood burning.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BlueLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueLabour</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/StarmerHypocrite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StarmerHypocrite</a>

SubtleBlade ⚔️Why ‘the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a>’s biggest <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CarbonEmitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CarbonEmitter</a>’ receives billions in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GreenSubsidies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenSubsidies</a>The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Drax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drax</a> power plant burns 7m tonnes of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/biomass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biomass</a> pellets a year and generates 4% of the UK’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electricity</a> needs <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/09/why-the-uks-biggest-carbon-emitter-receives-billions-in-green-subsidies" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/09/why-the-uks-biggest-carbon-emitter-receives-billions-in-green-subsidies</a>

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