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BIOMASS EXPOSED

Biomass exposed...

Read the news headlines from Land and Climate Review’s investigations into the UK biomass supply chain.

  • Big Tech, Bioenergy, Politics & law

UK government rejects bid for biomass-powered AI growth zone

Plans involving Drax Group, local authorities and a university in North Yorkshire are no longer progressing, Land and Climate Review can reveal.
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  • Bioenergy, Politics & law

UK biomass plant awarded £1 billion green subsidy despite 600 pollution incidents

The UK government subsidised TotalEnergies and billionaire Daniel Křetínský to run a woodburning power plant that repeatedly exceeds standard limits on harmful pollutants.
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  • Bioenergy, Carbon capture, Forests, Politics & law

Drax’s fall from grace

As news breaks of record-breaking CO2 emissions at the UK's largest power plant, Bertie Harrison-Broninski recaps how a series of scandals eroded political support for biomass power.
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How we uncovered pollution in the biomass industry

Bertie, Alasdair and Camille discuss Land and Climate Review's investigative reporting of environmental violations by North American wood pellet mills.
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  • Bioenergy, Politics & law
Drax’s US environmental violations now total over 18,000 incidents
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  • Bioenergy, Politics & law
Drax-owned facilities broke environmental rules more than 11,000 times in the US
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  • Bioenergy, Politics & law
Drax fined again over pollution: “I’m afraid to go outside,” say residents
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  • Bioenergy, Forests
Drax’s pellet mills violated environmental law 189 times in Canada
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  • Bioenergy, Politics & law

Drax biomass led to disabling health conditions, say unions and workers

The UK's largest power plant is facing worker lawsuits after the national health and safety regulator dropped criminal charges over biomass dust in 2023, a Land and Climate Investigation can reveal.
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  • Bioenergy, Forests

What are Drax’s plans on the West Coast?

A new investigation by Land and Climate Review and The Intercept has found that Drax broke regulations while constructing a new pellet mill in Washington State.
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Collaborating with mainstream media across Europe and the US, our current investigations focus on raw materials extraction, international investment, and unicorn technologies. 
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  • Big Tech, Bioenergy, Politics & law
UK government rejects bid for biomass-powered AI growth zone
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  • Culture, Oceans, Wetlands
Do ancient mass extinctions offer lessons for our future?
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  • Fossil fuels, Politics & law, Security
Why is TotalEnergies facing allegations of war crimes in Mozambique?
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  • Agriculture, Security
How does corporate agriculture profit from conflict in Colombia?
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  • Plastics
In Review: Plastics
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  • Culture, Politics & law
Is reducing energy use a political taboo?
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  • Bioenergy, Politics & law
UK biomass plant awarded £1 billion green subsidy despite 600 pollution incidents
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  • Geoengineering, Politics & law, Security
Is geoengineering a security threat?
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