Action on climate emergency
No more subsidies for Drax. Fossil Free North Yorkshire (FFNY) along with other environmental groups have called on Ed Miliband Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero not to agree any extension of subsidies for tree burning power stations at Drax in Selby and Lynemouth in Northumberland. In a letter to the Secretary …
Burning household rubbish a “disaster for the climate” the BBC reports having just released a major investigation into incineration. It found that nearly half of the rubbish produced in UK homes, including increasing amounts of plastic, is now being incinerated. Scientists warn it is a “disaster for the climate” – and some are calling for a …
Drax the largest CO2 emitter was responsible for four times more carbon emissions than the UK’s last remaining coal-fired plant last year, despite taking more than £0.5bn in clean-energy subsidies in 2023, Jillian Ambrose the Guardian’s correspondence reported on 9 August. The power station near Selby in North Yorkshire burns wood pellets imported from North …
Taxpayer billions for Drax carbon capture, it is claimed, are being made to a company that generates around 4% of the country’s power and 9% of the UK’s renewable electricity by output and is seen as an energy source when weather conditions preclude significant wind and solar power generation. Drax has received government permission to …