Reclaim the Power is back with a mass action camp targeting Drax, a wood biomass power station located near Selby, in Yorkshire.
Drax is a former coal-power station that converted to biomass, and now entirely burns wood biomass. Drax is the UKs single largest carbon emitter and world’s biggest tree burner. Their actions have been repeatedly linked to driving environmental racism and causing huge amounts of harm to communities, forests and biodiversity.
Communities in the Southern US where many of the trees are processed are trapped in their homes by the air pollution this generates. They are calling on us to shut down the £1.66 million pounds of ‘green’ subsidies that we pay every day to make Drax’s business model viable.
New investigation finds Drax has continued sourcing from rare old growth forest ⤵️ This comes at a time when Drax is asking the gov for £billions more in subsidies – from our energy bills!
The UK Government has announced proposals to use our energy bills to give huge new subsidies to fund planet-wrecking tree burning at power stations like Drax in Yorkshire and Lynemouth in Northumberland. Please write to your MP asking them to stop the new subsidies for burning trees in UK power stations.
Reclaim the Power is a UK based direct action network fighting for social, environmental and economic justice. We aim to build a broad based movement, working in solidarity with frontline communities to effectively confront environmentally destructive industries and the social and economic forces driving climate change.
Veggies is delighted to be providing Vegan Campaign Catering. More details to follow.
See also Biofuels Watch, Corporate Watch, Stop Burning Trees, Earth First! and many more groups campaigning to protect the planet from the catastrophic effects of the climate emergency.
Join us also at the Earth First Summer Gathering in July.
Will you be joining us & @reclaimthepower as we return to Drax, supporting the mass action camp, 8th-13th August 2024
Veggies Vegan Catering Campaign will be helping with Campaign Catering 😋 as we did in 2006
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