UK's single biggest source of CO2 emissions, subsidised by taxpayers (and responsible for deforestation and toxic pollution in North America, even before they set fire to anything... ) Good clear article in advance of AGM. Protestors always show up, but sounds like the board will give it a miss this year #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax #UKPolitics
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2026/04/27/drax-avoid-agm/
Drax board avoid their own AGM, accused of greenwashing & environmental racism

At their past three AGMs, protestors have interrupted opening speeches. This year, it was announced the board would not attend in person.

Canary

A new report suggests it is “highly likely” that Britain’s biggest power plant sourced some wood from ecologically valuable forests as recently as this summer.

Drax, Britain’s single biggest source of carbon emissions, has received billions of pounds in subsidies from burning biomass derived largely from wood.

More at https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/09/drax-still-burning-250-year-old-trees-sourced-from-forests-in-canada-experts-say

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Drax was to have been the target of a #ReclaimThePower protest, preemptively stopped by police action in Aug'24.

https://reclaimthepower.org.uk/who-we-are/

#AxeDrax

Today is the International Day of Action on Big Biomass!

If you live in the UK, please ask your MP to speak out against new funding for Drax’s tree-burning:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urgent-please-ask-your-mp-to-speak-out-against-new-funding-for-draxs-tree-burning

And please SIGN the petition against Drax's tree-powered data centre plans:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/say-no-to-new-ai-data-centre-powered-by-drax

#CutSubsidiesNotForests
#AxeDrax
#BigBadBiomass
#StopBurningTrees
#RainforestRescue
#ActForRainforest

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Today is the International Day of Action on Big Biomass

Please ask your UK MP to speak against Drax’s tree burning funding: https://tinyurl.com/yddsnsx7 & sign the petition against Drax's tree powered data centre plans https://tinyurl.com/y8b3ah3u

#CutSubsidiesNotForests #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass #StopBurningTrees

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October 21: The International Day of Action on Big Biomass 2025

On 21st October groups all around the world are taking part in a day of action to raise awareness of the impacts of the #biomass industry and you are invited to join them!
https://environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa-25/ #AxeDrax #Drax #biofuels

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"The Public Accounts Committee has said that biomass generators have been left to “mark their own homework” when it comes to proving that their fuel met the sustainability standards set by the subsidy scheme."
#AxeDrax #greenwash #journalism
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/25/mps-question-value-of-billions-in-subsidies-granted-to-drax-power-plant?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
MPs question value of billions in subsidies granted to Drax power plant

Spending watchdog warns £6.5bn in funding may not offer value for public money amid sustainability concerns

The Guardian
Drax announces record profits days after UK Govt agrees continued public subsidy #Ecocide #AxeDrax #StopBurningTrees
Press release here: #journalism
https://axedrax.uk/press/profits2025/
Tree burning power station hit with fire protest following over a billion pounds in earnings

Following announcements Drax earned over one billion pounds in 2024, activists have staged a protest calling for no more public money to burning trees for electricity.

Axe Drax