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Just a few weeks ago the Government signed a £1.1bn deal agreeing new subsidies with Lynemouth, the UK’s sixth largest polluter. Just like Drax, Lynemouth burns trees from precious forests around the ...

A policy statement outlining the government’s response to the independent review on greenhouse gas removals.

There’s a new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero - who faces challenges from cutting energy bills to delivering clean power by 2030. Here’s some advice for them about large-scale bio...

Removing CO2 from the atmosphere by capturing the carbon from burning biomass is supposed to save the planet, but it looks like the flagship project will never happen

Near Gloster, Mississippi, a wood pellet mill is processing lumber into what's billed as a renewable energy source. Many residents believe the emissions could be making them sick.

Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source

Households are increasingly turning to heat pumps, EVs and solar panels to avoid big rises in the price of fossil fuels triggered by the Iran war

A new investigation by Land and Climate Review and The Sunday Times has uncovered an additional 6,000 breaches by the UK power company in Louisiana.

Between 10 and 20 protesters are forcibly removed after challenging the board about use of woody biomass

Katherine Egland and Dr Krystal Martin both reside in Gloster, Mississippi, where the energy firm produces its wood pellets.

Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source

In 2025, Drax Power Station (the UK's single largest carbon emitter) received £2.5 million a day in public subsidies taken from bill payers in the UK. Drax's harm is not limited to forests or our clim...

Removing CO2 from the atmosphere by capturing the carbon from burning biomass is supposed to save the planet, but it looks like the flagship project will never happen

Microsoft pauses carbon removal purchases, shaking carbon markets and raising new questions on cost, scale, and net-zero credibility.

​Local and state governments should invest in protecting natural landscapes as the foundation of rural prosperity—not funnel more public dollars into yet another dirty and destructive industry.

While politics is powerful, the laws of physics will always win

In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near mills producing wood pellets say that they’re getting sick.

Late last year, we released a new investigation into the Canadian sourcing practices of international energy giant Drax, which produces wood pellets in British Columbia (B.C.) to export overseas. The ...

About enough to meet current global electricity demand.

Policymakers are rethinking biomass as new research shows wood pellets may increase carbon emissions rather than reduce them. The focus is now on subsidies.

Phaseout of generous subsidies threatens profitability of new projects

Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, are suing plant that exports wood pellets to UK and Europe. Company says it is reducing emissions

Despite billions in investment, carbon capture and storage technology ‘should be in no way treated as a climate solution’, critics say

Domestic air-quality policy should reduce, not worsen, pollution for the very people it is meant to protect.

YouTube video by Matt Adam Williams

Drax’s BECCS project may cost £30 billion in subsidies, exceeding the UK’s full carbon capture budget

Pressure on the biomass sector is mounting in the UK, South Korea, Japan, and the US.

Das Umweltbundesamt spricht der Holzenergie-Nutzung die Nachhaltigkeit und Klimaneutralität ab. Der Fachverband Holzenergie ist alarmiert und auf 180.

YouTube video by Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC)

MDEQ to hear appeal of decision on Drax plant in Gloster.