Groups Globally Oppose Plans to Burn Wood for Electricity Citing Impacts on Forests, Climate, Communities
For Immediate Release 24 April 2013 London, England – In conjunction with an action in London today outside of the Drax power plant, organizations and networks from around the world released an Open Letter expressing opposition to plans by UK utility Drax to burn nearly 16 million tonnes of mostly imported wood biomass, in a coal power station [1]. Drax is one of several European companies converting older power stations from burning coal to burning wood pellets or co-firing pellets …
