How virgin B.C. forests fuel a ‘green’ U.K. power station
Oct 7, 2022
21:53
Drax Power Station is Britain's largest power plant, burning wood pellets to create electricity. In 2021, the company received two million pounds a day in subsidies from the U.K. government.
But while the industry pitches the pellets as a renewable source of energy, critics say the fuel source is making the climate crisis worse.
A new investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate found Drax catapulted a small industry it says is green into an international operation that's dependent on logging in areas that include B.C.'s old growth and primary forests, with the support of B.C.’s NDP government.
Today on Front Burner, Lyndsay Duncombe explains what her reporting uncovered.
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