by curly | Feb 13, 2025 | Post
On Monday 10th Feb, the government announced new subsidies for Drax. Here is our breakdown of what this really means, as this has been quite variably reported in the press. Until this week, Drax had a contract with the government that guaranteed them profits until...
by curly | Feb 12, 2025 | Press Release
Activists have peacefully occupied the offices of controversial Drax lobbyist following the government announcement to further fund the UK’s biggest carbon emitter. Yesterday the government announced four years more subsidies for Drax, the biggest tree...
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...