August 28, 2024 In Unkategorisiert
Inexperienced teams urge Ed Miliband to scrap Drax subsidies
Open letter to Labour energy secretary from 41 groups says wood-burning biomass plants are putting forests and biodiversity at risk
More than 40 green groups have called on Ed Miliband to scrap plans to pay billions in subsidies to the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire for it to keep burning wood pellets imported from overseas forests.
In an open letter to the energy secretary, 41 groups from across Europe and the US say they are “deeply concerned” about the UK government’s plans to foot the cost of extending the subsidy scheme, which supports the UK’s most polluting power plant from 2027 until the end of the decade.
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