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UK-built satellite to measure carbon stored by the world’s forests

A UK-built satellite will measure the Earth’s biomass in a bid to help to protect the planet’s forests and more accurately measure the carbon they hold. The mission will essentially take a scan of the lungs of the Earth, penetrating through forest ...

23 Aug 2022 at 18:17

Government cannot prove biomass sustainably sourced, says National Audit Office

The Government cannot prove that biomass fuel is sustainably sourced and its assurance schemes are not good enough, a National Audit Office (NAO) report has found. Ministers and their advisers at the Climate Change Committee (CCC) consider ...

24 Jan 2024 at 11:20

Nature favours all creatures great and small over medium-sized, study suggests

Life may come in all shapes and sizes, but nature favours the biggest and smallest creatures over the medium-sized, research suggests. A survey of body sizes of Earth organisms suggests the planet’s biomass – the material that makes up ...

29 Mar 2023 at 19:00

Government urged to end subsidies as Drax accused of burning old forest wood

The Government is being urged not to extend subsidies for biomass as an investigation revealed that Drax is burning wood from rare “old growth” forests in Canada to power UK homes. Campaign groups Conservation North, Biofuelwatch and ...

28 Feb 2024 at 15:00

US campaigners call on UK public for support over alleged impact of Drax plant

Campaigners in Mississippi have called on the British public for support amid claims that community members are suffering health issues after a nearby Drax-owned wood pellet plant breached pollution rules. Krystal Martin, a resident ...

01 Mar 2024 at 17:07

Government facing legal challenge over burning trees for energy in net-zero plan

The Government is facing a legal challenge over its reliance on burning trees for green energy in its climate plans. Rewilding charity The Lifescape Project, backed by the Partnership for Policy Integrity, filed an application for ...

13 Nov 2023 at 09:33

Drax faces penalty after Canadian biomass plant fails to submit pollution report

Power giant Drax if facing a penalty after one of its biomass plants in Canada failed to submit an annual report on pollutant emissions to the country’s environment regulator. The pellet mill in High Level, Alberta, produces wood ...

21 Oct 2023 at 12:28

Aviation biofuel would need half of UK agricultural land, report says

Replacing jet fuel with biomass would require the UK to give up 50% of its agricultural land to sustain current passenger levels, according to a new report from the Royal Society. In examining how the aviation industry can reach ...

28 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Poinsettias blooming at one of UK’s largest growers thanks to biomass heating

One of the UK’s largest growers of poinsettias said they have continued to produce more than one million of the popular Christmas houseplants this year despite the energy price crisis. Bridge Farm Group, based in Spalding in ...

10 Nov 2022 at 12:14

Miliband urged to end subsidies for firms burning wood for electricity

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is facing calls to end financial support for companies generating electricity from burning wood, including Britain’s biggest power station, Drax in North Yorkshire. More than 40 environmental ...

27 Aug 2024 at 17:46

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Drax to pay £25m penalty for data reporting breach after wood pellet probe

Power station operator Drax has agreed to pay a £25 million penalty after the energy watchdog found it failed to report accurate data on the sourcing of wood pellets it burned at its North Yorkshire plant. Ofgem carried ...

29 Aug 2024 at 13:43

Starmer to look at report on legality of Drax power station subsidies

The Prime Minister has said he will look at a report which has accused Britain’s biggest power station of illegally claiming Government subsidies. Drax power station in North Yorkshire receives millions of pounds a ...

29 Jan 2025 at 17:36

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