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

Never trust Drax; be it with jobs or climate solutions. Drax will always prioritise profit above all else.

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...

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...

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

❗ 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.

🧑‍🎓 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

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

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...

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

$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...

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

🎧 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...

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

#AxeDrax banner at the #MakePollutersPay march last weekend!

Activists cleared of locking on charges at Drax power station - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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...

Drax is scheduled to pocket £10 billion in subsidies. That’s public money funding deforestation and destruction. It is time to #AxeDrax

#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

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...

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...

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...

#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

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

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

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:

‼️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...

🚨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...

🧵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...

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