by curly | Jan 25, 2025 | Actions, Press Release
The Fabian Society’s New Year Conference hosting Wes Streeting as the keynote speaker¹ was disrupted by an activist calling on the Labour Party to end tree-burning subsidies for Drax Power Station. The Fabian conference brings together key government...
by curly | Dec 2, 2024 | Press Release
This is a re-post of the press release that was put out by Greenpeace UK here, after this collaborative coalition action was taken. Ghosts of Biomass Past return to haunt DESNZ Pictures are available here, video of the protest will be available this...
by curly | Nov 8, 2024 | stats
We did some maths to work it out Drax Power Station is the eponymous power station of multinational energy company Drax Group, and it burns trees for electricity. More precisely, it burns concentrated wood pellets made from trees and imported from around the world. In...
by curly | Oct 1, 2024 | Actions, Press Release
The Reuters Sustainability Awards, which features amongst others, tobacco companies, mining companies, and the UK’s biggest carbon emitter, Yorkshire power station Drax, is being accused of ‘Greenwashing’ by environmental activists who disrupted the...
by curly | Jun 13, 2024 | Press Release
Karen Wildin, aged 60, was found guilty by a jury for obstructing a train heading to Drax Power Station on 11th November 2021 [1].On the last day of COP26, the meeting of global leaders in Glasgow to address the climate emergency, Karen flagged down and climbed on top...