silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-223 days agoGreen groups urge Ed Miliband to scrap Drax subsidies | Open letter to UK Labour energy secretary from 41 groups says wood-burning biomass plants are putting forests and biodiversity at riskwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGreen groups urge Ed Miliband to scrap Drax subsidies | Open letter to UK Labour energy secretary from 41 groups says wood-burning biomass plants are putting forests and biodiversity at riskwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-223 days agomessage-square0fedilinkfile-text
For context, the conversion of forests into wood pellets, which are then shipped to the UK to be burned, results in an increase in atmospheric CO2 for decades after the plant continues operation