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.
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Drax was to have been the target of a #ReclaimThePower protest, preemptively stopped by police action in Aug'24.
I'm passing this on from Reclaim The Power, a largely UK-based group fighting against dirty power stations.
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Back in summer, Drax stole £60k of kit meant for our family friendly camp. Now they want to rob every household of £1,526 for their tree burning scam.
We are in a critical window to stop the Drax in their tracks, with a decision imminent from Ed Miliband. Without these subsidies, Drax's tree burning scam cannot continue. We must take action now, to shut Drax down, fund a worker led transition and facilitate reparations from Drax to the communities harmed.
There are three things you can do stop Drax:
1. Subvertise
Drax relies on its media machine to paint itself as green, so let's take our message to the streets to cut through the greenwash. We can spread the word to the public.
Email [email protected] to get designs to hack your local tube carriages or bus stops.
2. Join us in London on 2nd Dec
Join Axe Drax, Greenpeace, Climate Resistance and others for a demonstration to call on Ed Miliband to grant no subsidies for burning trees.
We need to know numbers to see what is possible to do, sort reimbursing travel and potentially sort accommodation.
Please sign up: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/no-subsidies-for-burning-trees
Let us know you are coming
3. Disrupt Drax: Join the event disruption crew
Drax is everywhere, sponsoring corporate and industry events, desperately trying to greenwash their image to secure more subsidies. They are trying to present themselves as green, but we know this is lies. Sign up to crash a Drax event and disrupt their greenwash.
Sign up here: https://axedrax.uk/signup/
Drax is the dirtiest energy company in the UK, burning trees, fuelling climate breakdown and polluting communities all while we foot the bill. Let's take them down.
With rage and love,
Reclaim the Power
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCollapse #Drax #AxeDrax #RTP #ReclaimThePower
How awful to hear that an oppressive mass police action has prevented the legal #ReclaimThePower protest camp from going ahead.
With at least 27 arrests and the impounding of tents, cooking equipment, compost toilets, and wheelchair accessible trackway needed for the peaceful protest against #Drax (the UK's largest single source of carbon emissions and recipient of over £7 billion in public subsidies)
Still, I guess the police had nothing else to worry about this week...
#Fash much, #UK? #Preemptive arrests of #ClimateActivists, but it's perfectly fine to be a #FarRight #AntiImmigrant #Fascist?
Mass pre-emptive arrest of #ReclaimThePower #activists in #Yorkshire
Aug 8, 2024
22 held as police foil plot to bring #CompostToilets and #wheelchair track to #Drax #ClimateCamp
"UPDATE 13.30: the climate camp has now been cancelled
"Officers from the Metropolitan police this morning led local forces in a raid on Bentley Urban Farm in Doncaster, said eye witnesses. They arrested twenty two activists, who were preparing to transport infrastructure, sanitation and accessibility equipment to the upcoming climate camp at Drax power station.
"Crashing sounds were heard from outside the site as vehicles and equipment were impounded. The detainees were taken to York police station, where they are being held for conspiracy charges: in this case, to interfere with key national infrastructure at Drax Power Station in Selby between 8 and 13 August. Media repeated the police’s claim they are “not against protest but against crime”.
"This morning’s pre-emptive arrests, ahead of a peaceful protest, contrast sharply with the State’s failure to foil recent far right violence, said Reclaim the Power. 'Black and Brown communities are under attack with fire and bricks and the police have made the unfathomable decision to divert resources away from those communities to arrest 22 people taking equipment to make a peaceful climate protest safe and accessible', said the group in a statement."
#UKPol #SilencingDissent #ClimateProtest #Activism #OldGrowthForest #WoodPellets #SaveTheForest
22 held as police foil plot to bring compost toilets and wheelchair track to Drax climate camp Officers from the Metropolitan police this morning led local forces in a raid on Bentley Urban Farm in Doncaster, said eye witnesses. They arrested twenty two activists, who were preparing to transport infrastructure, sanitation and accessibility equipment to
Just two days to wait until the fabulous #ReclaimThePower direct action camp (Thurs 8th - Tues 13th Aug) against the UK's biggest carbon emitter, #Drax power station.
If you're curious about #resistance to the unfolding murder of our future, this is a great fun place to connect with others.
Way more enjoyable and soul-nourishing than paying hundreds to attend a corporate festival...!
https://reclaimthepower.org.uk/drax-climate-camp/
Reclaim The Power are having a climate camp at Drax power station:
"It is three weeks until we launch a mass climate camp in solidarity with those on the frontline of the Drax's deadly operation. The camp will be from
8th to 13th August
in Yorkshire, and national travellers should book their travel to Leeds.
We’re excited to announce the camp will be a transatlantic team up with our friends in Mississippi. Communities who live next to one of Drax’s dangerously toxic pellet plants will be taking action with us on the other side of the ocean during the camp, and hopefully joining us via live link up."
The fabulous #ReclaimThePower — with whom I've taken many actions — are planning a big direct action camp this summer (8-13 Aug) against the UK's biggest carbon emitter, Drax power station.
They've just launched a crowdfunder to throw this big, free festival of resistance to the murder of our future, so do chip in if you can — I did!
https://ko-fi.com/reclaimthepower
You can also sign up to attend, free, here. Way deeper fun than paying hundreds to attend a corporate festival...
https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm3-pcdGv5EvawmC6VyLi845S2dRDvGIZBENhHZ7HJALZ49OvUAwlCsnA46at6zj-d4T_q3RLiy2NOOdkhgzyMh2BHsgEVll3r8Vs36O3m5Jz1jw4VnN7PQD1kqM36M8CbSBSOmUVoxVAsDY8MjIotVN_nRfQM6VuwrLmgWkf18lLm4SJMh8cgYHrFDBdTWEDtoU4ZlKzSwOeHIgEN3otad3NplHhTCT4O5YmufB3HEUmQ4P0EM0xl9qnBKmmUGFeeH8/466/k9P_EOwiTaOpv8uMi2nakw/h0/h001.rg11D9mejrEbhq3llxEDMwfVM28ofXi_O9f8nU1yhHw
#ReclaimThePower's next gathering is next weekend! — 24-25th Feb in York, with all welcome
Building towards a mass direct-action camp in August ✊
Full details:
https://reclaimthepower.org.uk/news/york-gathering/?source=mastodon
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