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Drax’s Canada pivot is a red herring masking destructive logging practices worldwide.

The Farabout Peninsula boasts rare plants, at-risk species, historical artifacts, and more, so when will it be permanently protected?

This International Day of Forests, we can celebrate the increasingly widespread recognition that the biomass industry is a bad bet for our forests and our communities. 

The decision will give Drax £2 billion—about $2.5 billion—more in subsidies while limiting its generation to 50 percent.

The United Kingdom doesn’t need bioenergy, plain and simple.

Drax has joined forces with GSNR to bring its forest-destroying practices to California. After signing an MOU in February 2024, it is transparent that GSNR’s aims are solely profit-driven.

Twenty-three environmental organizations stress that the U.K. government funding the incineration of imported Canadian wood pellets threatens climate progress.

Forest biomass with BECCS captures only a fraction of total emissions, yet the wood pellet industry continues to deceive the public and decisionmakers.

Canada gives Ontario another year to degrade at-risk caribou habitat, taking it further away from international promises to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.

Canada's Environment Commissioner found that the Government of Canada has failed to transparently report on the climate impact of industrial logging, with potentially sweeping ramifications for its forest policymaking. 

Canada has again failed to transparently report on the logging industry's climate impacts, giving the sector a free pass for more than 70 megatonnes of carbon emissions annually, and perpetuating a "climate blind" forest policy framework. 

Climate change and associated extreme events are amplifying factors in migration and displacement while exacerbating social, economic, and environmental burdens. Latin America is among the regions with the greatest documented need for the strengthening of early warning systems.