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Stop Burning Trees Coalition

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The Stop Burning Trees Coalition is a coalition of groups that collectively oppose the burning of trees in power stations like Drax. linktr.ee/sbtcoalition

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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s... Yes! Let's start with the subsidies that feed the monster that is #Drax! Time to #StopBurningTrees and protect the world's forests! @stopburningtrees.bsky.social @axedrax.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @nrdc.org @ember-energy.org
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UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills
Businesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the government
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Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Despite unprecedented heatwaves, droughts and wildfires across the UK, not only is it business as usual for Drax, UK's biggest carbon emitter, they're planning to build a hyperscale data centre powered by burning trees. Watch full film here👉 youtu.be/V5ZfbMYi2y8the @stopburningtrees.bsky.social
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Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Another Level of Crazy - Drax’s plans to build a data centre powered by burning imported forests. Watch full film here👉 youtu.be/V5ZfbMYi2y8the Despite the heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, it business as usual for Drax - the biggest carbon emitter in the UK. @stopburningtrees.bsky.social
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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Open Letter handed into UK AI Minister to say No to Drax building tree-burning data centres. www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2026/open-le... @ccnfuk.bsky.social coalition against biomass: @stopburningtrees.bsky.social @nrdc.org @rspb.bsky.social @selc.bsky.social @stand.earth @elfond.bsky.social
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A few weeks ago the Gov signed a £1.1bn deal agreeing new subsidies with Lynemouth, the UK’s 6th largest polluter. This deal hinges on Lynemouth, owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský’s company (EPH) and fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies, being given a special licence to pollute. (1/3)
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
❗ Drax power station want to build an AI data centre powered by burning millions of trees! 🤔 Think this is bonkers? Tell you MP! It's more important than ever to raise your voice against dirty data centres! 🔗 linktr.ee/sbtcoalition
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
📣 Article out in York Nouse!📣 🔥 The University of York has partnered with Drax, the UK's biggest carbon emitter, to build an AI data centre.
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🔎North Yorks Green councillors have submitted a formal complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority concerning environmental & climate claims made by Drax Maybe the UK's biggest emitter shouldn't be allowed to sell themselves as clean & green! 🧐 www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2616241...
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North Yorkshire Greens complain to advertising watchdog over Drax energy claims
North Yorkshire Green councillors have submitted a formal complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) concerning environmental and…
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Environmental Paper Network @environmentalpaper.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A brand new briefing by the Biomass Action Network (BAN) exposes the human cost of large-scale biomass energy. As the world looks for alternatives to fossil fuels, burning wood for power and heat has emerged as a popular solution.
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
'But for many in Gloster, the promise of “green” energy feels painfully disconnected from life on the ground, as they say they are getting sicker.' www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-...
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It’s billed as renewable energy. Residents of one Mississippi town say it’s making them sick
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.
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Gareth Glynn @gareth-glynn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Today it came out that in 2025 Drax received a massive £999m in subsidies. That’s £2.7m a day and over £100,000 an hour.
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
📣 Shut Down Drax: How we can stand with U.S communities 📣 🔗 Sign up🔽 linktr.ee/sbtcoalition 👀 Join us for an exciting event! Hear from frontline activists about community resistance to Drax's environmental racism and how we in the UK can act in solidarity.
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
📣 DRAX YOU CAN'T HIDE: AGM DEMO 📣 🗓️ 30th April ⌚9:30 A< 📍200 Aldersgate, St Paul's, London 🔗Sign up link: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Take a stand against big tech’s dangerous deals with dirty energy and add your name to our joint petition with @biofuelwatch.bsky.social and @stopburningtrees.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/st... #StopDirtyDataCentres #AI #climate
Drax power station is the UK's single largest source of carbon emissions. The company behind Drax now want to build a new AI data centre right next door. 

Black and wide faded image of data centres servers. 

Logos: Stop burning trees coalition, Biofuel Watch, Global Action Plan
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
MAKE GREEN FAIR 💚 We support @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social’s campaign to #MakeGreenFair Over 50 organisations signed an open letter to @Ed_Miliband. As energy costs skyrocket again, we should all be getting our fair share of cheap, clean energy ☀️ Sign the petition actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...
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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Please sign and share:
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
💥 Today we’re joining forces with 50+ orgs who’ve signed our open letter You can tell the government to stop July bill hikes and give us our fair share of cheap, clean energy #MakeGreenFair 🖊️ Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...
Demonstrators in London hold banners and placards reading 'Fuel Poverty Action', 'Greenpeace' and 'secure green jobs'. Captions read 'cut energy bills' and '#MakeGreenFair'
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Drax, the UKs single biggest emitter, is now trying to build data centres. If this goes ahead, it'll mean more forests destroyed, communities polluted & carbon emissions. Sign our petition with @globalactionplan.bsky.social & @biofuelwatch.bsky.social today: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stop Drax, Stop Dirty Data Centres!
Data centres’ huge demand for energy can’t be allowed to prop up dirty polluting tree-burning power stations like Drax. We can’t sacrifice a safe climate for AI pipedreams. The business behind Drax,...
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“We have a real chance to put the final nail in the coffin of Drax and the biomass industry. But they’re never going to be the ones to put themselves in the ground. It’s our job to fight them to the very end.” Huge thanks to @nickengelfried.bsky.social⤵️ wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/acti...
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Activists are racking up wins against a false climate solution
Across North America and Europe, a movement is taking on the biomass industry and saving some of the world’s last intact forests.
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The Northern Eco @thenortherneco.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Converted from coal to biomass in 2018, Lynemouth burns up to 1.5 million tonnes of wood every year. The UK’s 2nd biggest such power station also sources wood from Drax’s pellet mills in British Columbia. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/stop-burni... @stopburningtrees.bsky.social
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Stop burning trees say climate campaigners
Climate campaigners condemn new Government subsidies for tree burning at Lynemouth Power Station in Northumberland
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Never trust Drax; be it with jobs or climate solutions. Drax will always prioritise profit above all else.
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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Responding to this will require a thread, not yet sure how long! www.theguardian.com/business/202... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @nrdc.org @stand.earth @dogwoodalliance.org @axedrax.bsky.social Let's start with what we know...
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Drax insiders privately raised concerns over its sustainability claims, court papers show
Company publicly denied allegations that primary forests were being cut down to fuel UK’s biggest power plant
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NRDC @nrdc.org · 28/01/2026
Burning wood pellets for power receives billions in subsidies, but according to scientists, it may not be clean energy. Companies like Drax are clear-cutting forests and trees for energy and harming communities in the process. www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
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Are Wood Pellets Worth Billions In Subsidies? Drax Faces A Reckoning
Policymakers are rethinking biomass as new research shows wood pellets may increase carbon emissions rather than reduce them. The focus is now on subsidies.
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
It’s #CleanAirNight! Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home? Air pollution from domestic burning contributes to nearly 2,500 deaths in the UK each year. Visit cleanairhub.org.uk from globalactionplan.bsky.social to find out more
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
❗ BREAKING: DRAX HAS VIOLATED U.S ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS 18,000 TIMES ❗ 📰 A new report by land and climate review shows even more brazen violations by the UK's biggest carbon polluter Drax, who continue to choke and harm communities in the southern U.S whilst profiting from UK billpayers.
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🧑‍🎓 Are you a York uni graduate? 👀 The university claims to uphold the values of sustainability, human rights and academic integrity. 🔥 Yet, the university has partnered with the UK's biggest carbon polluter, Drax, for a bid to build an AI data centre #uoygraduations #york
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This is absurd. Drax is currently under investigation by the FCA, being sued by communities in Mississippi AND workers here in Yorkshire over relentless air pollution - and now we're handing them over £1m a day to keep burning trees and destroying our planet. stopburningtrees.org/act
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Take Action | Stop Burning Trees Coalition
The Government has announced brand new subsidies for Drax Power Station - here are three ways you can take action.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 05/11/2025
Govt and Drax have now finalised this contract, with a slightly lower price of £110/MWh in 2012 prices (£153/MWh) Key points remain as below www.drax.com/press_releas...
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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Today is International Day of Action on Big Biomass, we're joining @environmentalpaper.bsky.social @stopburningtrees.bsky.social & groups globally to call on governments to Cut Subsidies Not Forests​. Take action: tinyurl.com/yz8p2rxx #CutSubsidiesNotForests #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass #StopBurningTrees
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
$250 billion in subsidies for #BigBadBiomass supports an industry that undermines efforts to reduce emissions, pollutes communities and degrades forests and biodiversity. Read more environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burn...
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Industrial biomass isn’t clean or green. According to @rachelcarsondc.bsky.social, it’s more carbon-intensive than coal, destroys forests, and harms communities. It’s time to end biomass subsidies & the industry’s expansion. More: rachelcarsoncouncil.org/wp-content/u... #BackDownBigBiomass
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Corporate Watch @corporatewatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🎧 In a powerful new podcast, community leaders Dr Krystal Martin and Kathy Egalnd share the truth about how #Drax is fuelling "environmental racism", “pimping poverty,” & devastating lives - while pretending to save the planet, & reaping billions in subsidies. corporatewatch.org/drax-the-cor...
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Drax, the "corporate assassins" still lobbying for billions in subsidies - Corporate Watch
Drax likes to cast itself as a green champion – Britain’s largest power station has ditched coal and now runs on allegedly ‘sustainable’ wood pellets. But scratch beneath the branding and a different ...
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Today the Gloster community is fighting Drax's appeal to expand its pollution Together w 85 orgs inc @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social & @friends-earth.bsky.social we wrote to the Governor in support of Gloster, calling on Mississippi to uphold their decision and reject Drax's appeal 📸Sophia Knight
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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
#AxeDrax banner at the #MakePollutersPay march last weekend!
Photo showing demonstrators in a London street in front of a large plastic barrel saying "Make Polluters Pay" and, in front of it, a banner saying "Drax the destroyer".
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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Activists cleared of locking on charges at Drax power station - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Activists cleared of locking on charges at Drax power station
Fifteen people are cleared of planning to lock themselves to objects during climate protest.
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
New research finds the Drax AI Data Centre would burn 2.5 MILLION tonnes of wood up to 2030, and then rising to 5 MILLION tonnes going forward If approved, it means years more of Drax's dirty tree burning at the cost of forests, communities & our planet www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/fears-d...
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Fears Drax-powered AI centre may 'burn a tree every time it is used'
A new data centre which will get its energy from Drax power station "could end up burning a tree every time it is used", opponents say.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Drax is scheduled to pocket £10 billion in subsidies. That’s public money funding deforestation and destruction. It is time to #AxeDrax
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
#Drax being investigated by FCA It should be unthinkable for the Govt to give further subsidies to Drax, or build data centres with Drax, until FCA reports www.theguardian.com/business/202... @labourlewis.bsky.social @mpwatch.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social
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UK power company Drax investigated over source of ‘renewable’ fuel
Move by UK watchdog FCA relates to historical statements on wood pellets for power station from January 2022 to March 2024
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Drax shares plumet as FCA opens investigation into their sourcing. It's past time the Government stops handing bill payer money over to fund Drax's dirty business. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK power company Drax’s shares plunge amid investigation over source of ‘renewable’ fuel
Investigation by UK watchdog relates to historical statements on wood pellets for power station from January 2022 to March 2024
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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
How much more evidence of duplicitous behaviour does this government need before it realises it has to #AxeDrax? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @simonlightwood.org.uk @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @stopburningtrees.bsky.social @axedrax.bsky.social @ccnfuk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK power company Drax investigated over source of ‘renewable’ fuel
Move by UK watchdog FCA relates to historical statements on wood pellets for power station from January 2022 to March 2024
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Why have I tabled a motion against the continued funding of Drax to burn US trees, to be heard on Monday in #HouseofLords? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince
The evidence against the Drax power station is damning, yet the government wants to continue its massive public funding, says campaigner Dale Vince
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
#ThinkAgainRachel 💲#SpendingReview money for gas with #CCS ❌ Just fuels the climate crisis 🚨 Read: this is just tip of iceberg as @thecccuk.bsky.social recommend £136bn gas and £128bn biomass with CCS 👉 open.substack.com/pub/andrewbo... 💰 Mega money ⚠️ Mega damage to climate and ecology
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We're hearing Clive Lewis might have been removed from the #Drax committee? Why @edmilibandmp.bsky.social? @compassoffice.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @sioldridge.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @dalevince.com @timfarron.bsky.social @pippaheylings.bsky.social
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Cut Carbon Not Forests @ccnfuk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Here's a US pellet mill that produces biomass, which is then sent to UK power stations. Isn't it incredible that cutting down forests, turning them into pellets, shipping them thousands of miles, and setting them on fire, is completely carbon neutral?! #CutCarbonNotForests
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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
On Monday, a committee of 17 MPs will vote on whether to grant Drax huge new subsidies: - AGAINST 2019 rules blocking subsidies for polluting biomass - NO time limit - NO carbon capture requirement Any MP can attend and speak at the meeting (only the committee members will vote). Write to your MP:
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Emergency action - Please call on your MP to speak out against new subsidies for Drax’s tree burning at crucial vote on June 2nd
At 6pm on the 2nd of June, a committee of 17 MPs will vote on whether to grant huge new subsidies to the UK’s single largest carbon emitter and the world’s biggest tree burner, Drax. Drax already ...
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
‼️URGENT: On the 2nd of June just 17 MPs will vote on legislation allowing the extension of Drax's tree burning subsidies. ➡️✍️Write to these MPs today: actionnetwork.org/letters/emer...
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Emergency action - Please contact the MPs who will vote on new subsidies for Drax’s tree burning
📣URGENT ACTION 📣 On the 2nd of June at 6pm a committee of just 17 MPs will vote on legislation to extend Drax’s subsidies. 💰If it passes, this legislation will open the door for Drax’s subsidies to...
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Romayne Phoenix @romaynephoenix.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
#CutCarbonNotForests
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition @stopburningtrees.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🚨Emergency action: Gov trying to sneak through Drax subsidies🚨 🔥💸 In Feb, the Gov announced disastrous plans to use our energy bills to extend wood-burning subsidies for Drax, the UK’s single largest carbon emitter ➡️Email your MP today: actionnetwork.org/letters/emer...
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Emergency Action: Call on your MP to say no to new subsidies for Drax’s tree burning
The UK Government is currently trying to bring in legislation to allow Drax to receive billions more in bill payer money. This legislation is currently going through Parliament, but our MPs have the c...
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Health for XR @healthxr.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🧵1/2 Mississippi residents local to Drax facility have suffered increases in health problems associated with air pollution Katherine & Krystal from Mississippi joined @axedrax.bsky.social @stopburningtrees.bsky.social & others protesting at Drax's AGM in London www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ez...
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Protests at Drax AGM
YouTube video by Real Media
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Cut Carbon Not Forests @ccnfuk.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
In a new series we're exploring different renewable energy sources. First up is clean, green, totally 100% sustainable (don't worry, we asked Drax) BIOENERGY. For those who don't know, that's... *checks notes* burning trees in power stations. 🌳🔥 #CutCarbonNotForests
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