The Drax power station in North Yorkshire is among Britain's greatest greenhouse gas emitters, writes Almuth Ernsting. Not only is it burning some 6 million tonnes of coal every year, it is also burning its way through forests in the USA and other countries as it converts to biomass-fired units, rewarded by £1.3 million a day in subsidies. Join the #AxeDrax protest this weekend!
#AxeDrax: campaigners unite for climate justice against coal and biofueled deforestation Almuth Ernsting | 18th October 2016 Activism Climate Change Emissions Energy Biofuels Fossil Fuels Coal …
Biochar - the charcoaled remains of agricultural waste - is being hailed as a huge opportunity to reduce the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But is the science sound, and do we have enough waste to go around?
… impacts of large-scale biochar production on biodiversity and long-term agricultural … world. What links those different systems is biodiversity and adaptation to specific local …
Theresa May and her Conservative government has promised to phase out the burning of coal in the UK by 2025. This should be a cause of celebration for climate change campaigners. But the plans have three dangerous loopholes, which means activists must remain vigilant, argues ALMUTH ERNSTING
… carbon-rich forest ecosystems inside a global biodiversity hotspot are being clearcut, …
A new coal and biomass-fired power station could soon be built at Drax in Yorkshire, already the UK's biggest coal burner, writes Almuth Ernsting. It comes with a weak promise of possible 'carbon capture and storage' - an expensive, inefficient technology shunned elsewhere. As the Government's nuclear dream fades, could this be its equally flawed replacement?
UK plans first new coal power station since 1974 - and it burns forests too! Almuth Ernsting | 17th March 2015 News Energy Fossil Fuels Biofuels UK Climate Change Forests USA …