by curly | Apr 25, 2024 | Press Release
Drax’s AGM took place under a cloud of scandal and public outrage. Shareholders and board members were greeted by disruption and theatrical demonstration, including from TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham, calling for an end to Drax’s destruction of...
by roze | May 12, 2022 | Press Release
Over the last week, ‘Coffee’ and Dr Diana Warner have been charged in relation to obstructing trains packed with wood pellets heading to Drax Power Station. Coffee is facing charges with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Today, Diana Warner attends York...
by roze | Apr 27, 2022 | Press Release
At 7am this morning a member of Axe Drax covered the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in bright orange paint using a modified fire extinguisher, hanging banners banners that read “Stop Burning Trees” and “Rise Up for Reparations”. He has...
by roze | Nov 12, 2021 | Press Release
An activist from the Axe Drax coalition has just halted a wood pellet train going to Drax Power Station outside Selby. Dressed in bright orange hi vis and carrying a Extinction Rebellion flag the activist has climbed on top of the train to send a clear message to...
by roze | Mar 19, 2021 | Press Release
Drax Plc plan to buy further into the wood burning industry, by purchasing Pinnacle “Renewable Energy”. This company log some of the last remaining old forests in British Columbia, to be burned at Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire. They will be voting on this a...
by roze | Aug 10, 2020 | Press Release
The Axe Drax group, a coalition between Biofuelwatch, Extinction Rebellion and Save Rimrose Valley are taking action on the 14th of August against Drax Power Station, the UK’s biggest polluter. Campaigners will stage creative and peaceful protests at 11 locations...