Cut Carbon Not Forests
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A campaign to remove subsidies from companies that burn trees for electricity. Join us in asking the UK to redirect biomass subsidies to real clean energy. cutcarbonnotforests.org
A Drax Manager question why the company was ruling out sourcing from primary and old growth forests in Canada.
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February 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
A Drax Manager question why the company was ruling out sourcing from primary and old growth forests in Canada.
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There are many more land-efficient ways to produce #energy than growing #biofuels. Crops convert less than 1% of sunlight into biomass; #solarpanels convert around 20%. And using #electricity is more efficient than using liquid fuels: hannahritchie.substack.com/p/biofuels-v... #landuse #biomass
We could produce a lot of electricity on the land used for biofuels
About enough to meet current global electricity demand.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:14 AM
There are many more land-efficient ways to produce #energy than growing #biofuels. Crops convert less than 1% of sunlight into biomass; #solarpanels convert around 20%. And using #electricity is more efficient than using liquid fuels: hannahritchie.substack.com/p/biofuels-v... #landuse #biomass
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Burning wood pellets for power receives billions in subsidies, but according to scientists, it may not be clean energy. Companies like Drax are clear-cutting forests and trees for energy and harming communities in the process. www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
Are Wood Pellets Worth Billions In Subsidies? Drax Faces A Reckoning
Policymakers are rethinking biomass as new research shows wood pellets may increase carbon emissions rather than reduce them. The focus is now on subsidies.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Burning wood pellets for power receives billions in subsidies, but according to scientists, it may not be clean energy. Companies like Drax are clear-cutting forests and trees for energy and harming communities in the process. www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
TFW the dirtiest energy technology takes all the low-carbon subsidies.
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
TFW the dirtiest energy technology takes all the low-carbon subsidies.
January 29, 2026 at 10:33 AM
A BECCS project at BECCS could need £30 billion in subsidies
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January 23, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A BECCS project at BECCS could need £30 billion in subsidies
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Residents of Gloster, Mississippi say Drax - UK biomass burner - is harming their health.
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‘Everything is worse since Drax came here’: US residents say wood-pellet plant harming their town
Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, are suing plant that exports wood pellets to UK and Europe. Company says it is reducing emissions
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January 21, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Residents of Gloster, Mississippi say Drax - UK biomass burner - is harming their health.
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“The results are obviously underwhelming. It just calls into question the viability of all CCS projects at scale,”
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Carbon capture was spruiked as a way of limiting our emissions – but has Australia been greenwashed?
Despite billions in investment, carbon capture and storage technology ‘should be in no way treated as a climate solution’, critics say
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December 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“The results are obviously underwhelming. It just calls into question the viability of all CCS projects at scale,”
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Foreign (UK) energy companies are harming forests and communities in the US.
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Foreign Energy Companies Have No Home in Our Forests | Opinion
Domestic air-quality policy should reduce, not worsen, pollution for the very people it is meant to protect.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Foreign (UK) energy companies are harming forests and communities in the US.
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New data from Ember shows that the cost of BECCS at Drax would be more than the UK's entire budget for carbon capture.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
New data from Ember shows that the cost of BECCS at Drax would be more than the UK's entire budget for carbon capture.
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The UK Government is paying Drax to make climate change worse.
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2024 Biomass Projection Long
YouTube video by Matt Adam Williams
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November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The UK Government is paying Drax to make climate change worse.
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A carbon capture project at Drax would blow the UK's entire carbon capture budget, and then some.
As the Chancellor is delivering her Budget, can the UK really afford £30 billion on Drax's tree burning?
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As the Chancellor is delivering her Budget, can the UK really afford £30 billion on Drax's tree burning?
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Drax carbon removal project could exceed entire carbon capture budget - Energy Live News
Drax’s BECCS project may cost £30 billion in subsidies, exceeding the UK’s full carbon capture budget
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November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A carbon capture project at Drax would blow the UK's entire carbon capture budget, and then some.
As the Chancellor is delivering her Budget, can the UK really afford £30 billion on Drax's tree burning?
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As the Chancellor is delivering her Budget, can the UK really afford £30 billion on Drax's tree burning?
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Woody biomass power is under scrutiny like never before.
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Wood pellet power is under the microscope like never before
Pressure on the biomass sector is mounting in the UK, South Korea, Japan, and the US.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Woody biomass power is under scrutiny like never before.
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To translate: German Government Environment Agency says burning wood biomass *IS NOT* carbon neutral.
"electricity and heat from wood cannot be classified without restriction as renewable energy within the meaning of the Paris climate targets"
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"electricity and heat from wood cannot be classified without restriction as renewable energy within the meaning of the Paris climate targets"
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Holzenergie laut UBA nicht klimaneutral – Branchenverband fassungslos
Das Umweltbundesamt spricht der Holzenergie-Nutzung die Nachhaltigkeit und Klimaneutralität ab. Der Fachverband Holzenergie ist alarmiert und auf 180.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
To translate: German Government Environment Agency says burning wood biomass *IS NOT* carbon neutral.
"electricity and heat from wood cannot be classified without restriction as renewable energy within the meaning of the Paris climate targets"
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"electricity and heat from wood cannot be classified without restriction as renewable energy within the meaning of the Paris climate targets"
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Drax Power Station is *STILL* burning 250-year old trees from forests in Canada, reveals @stand.earth
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Truckloads of Trees: Drax sourced wood pellets from old growth forests in B.C. in 2024, and likely 2025 – Forest Eye
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November 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Drax Power Station is *STILL* burning 250-year old trees from forests in Canada, reveals @stand.earth
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Biomass isn't just a problem in the UK.
Here's what burning trees in power stations is doing to forests in Indonesia. 🔥🌳
Awful impacts. Brilliant video.
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Here's what burning trees in power stations is doing to forests in Indonesia. 🔥🌳
Awful impacts. Brilliant video.
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The Forests Burning to Keep Asia's Lights On
YouTube video by Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC)
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November 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Biomass isn't just a problem in the UK.
Here's what burning trees in power stations is doing to forests in Indonesia. 🔥🌳
Awful impacts. Brilliant video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD_J...
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Here's what burning trees in power stations is doing to forests in Indonesia. 🔥🌳
Awful impacts. Brilliant video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD_J...
#CutCarbonNotForests
Today a new report is published showing that just 5 economies spent nearly $250 billion on biomass subsidies over 22 years.
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It’s time to Cut Subsidies, Not Forests and to #CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
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It’s time to Cut Subsidies, Not Forests and to #CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Today a new report is published showing that just 5 economies spent nearly $250 billion on biomass subsidies over 22 years.
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It’s time to Cut Subsidies, Not Forests and to #CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
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It’s time to Cut Subsidies, Not Forests and to #CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
It’s time to STOP subsidising #BigBadBiomass that is destroying forests, polluting people’s air, and making climate change worse.
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
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Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
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October 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It’s time to STOP subsidising #BigBadBiomass that is destroying forests, polluting people’s air, and making climate change worse.
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
#CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
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Residents of Gloster, Mississippi are calling for an end to Drax’s pollution of their air.
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MDEQ should uphold Gloster air quality decision
MDEQ to hear appeal of decision on Drax plant in Gloster.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Residents of Gloster, Mississippi are calling for an end to Drax’s pollution of their air.
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Meanwhile residents of Gloster, Mississippi have rallied to protest against Drax's request to pollute more.
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Rally to protest Drax’s request for more emissions
Gloster residents and others opposed to a proposal for the state to allow Drax’s wood pellet plant in Amite County to produce more emissions will hold a rally in Jackson next week.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Meanwhile residents of Gloster, Mississippi have rallied to protest against Drax's request to pollute more.
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Today Cut Carbon Not Forests stands alongside communities in the southeast US as they resist Drax attempts to seek a permit to increase their air pollution of their communities.
This is driven by UK biomass demand.
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This is driven by UK biomass demand.
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Stop Burning Trees Coalition
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October 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Today Cut Carbon Not Forests stands alongside communities in the southeast US as they resist Drax attempts to seek a permit to increase their air pollution of their communities.
This is driven by UK biomass demand.
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This is driven by UK biomass demand.
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#CutCarbonNotForests
A call by Dr Krystal Martin for the Mississippi Department for Environmental Quality to reject a bid by Drax to increase their allowances to pollute communities' air.
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MDEQ should uphold Gloster air quality decision
MDEQ to hear appeal of decision on Drax plant in Gloster.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A call by Dr Krystal Martin for the Mississippi Department for Environmental Quality to reject a bid by Drax to increase their allowances to pollute communities' air.
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A new report by European Environment Agency:
"An increase in the demand for wood products and for bioenergy puts further pressure on forests; this can have negative effects on their role as carbon sinks and on biodiversity"
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"An increase in the demand for wood products and for bioenergy puts further pressure on forests; this can have negative effects on their role as carbon sinks and on biodiversity"
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Europe’s environment and climate: knowledge for resilience, prosperity and sustainability
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September 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A new report by European Environment Agency:
"An increase in the demand for wood products and for bioenergy puts further pressure on forests; this can have negative effects on their role as carbon sinks and on biodiversity"
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"An increase in the demand for wood products and for bioenergy puts further pressure on forests; this can have negative effects on their role as carbon sinks and on biodiversity"
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Working for Drax is equivalent to working for big tobacco - says US hedge fund manager.
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Calls grow for UK's biggest renewable power station boss to be sacked
Britain's biggest 'renewable' power station which is allegedly as 'toxic as working for tobacco' should sack its boss.
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September 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Working for Drax is equivalent to working for big tobacco - says US hedge fund manager.
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