Cut Carbon Not Forests
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A campaign to remove subsidies from companies that burn trees for electricity. Join us in asking the UK to redirect biomass subsidies to real clean energy. cutcarbonnotforests.org
The UK Government is paying Drax to make climate change worse.
#CutCarbonNotForests
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2024 Biomass Projection Long
YouTube video by Matt Adam Williams
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November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The UK Government is paying Drax to make climate change worse.
#CutCarbonNotForests
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A carbon capture project at Drax would blow the UK's entire carbon capture budget, and then some.
As the Chancellor is delivering her Budget, can the UK really afford £30 billion on Drax's tree burning?
www.energylivenews.com/2025/11/26/d...
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As the Chancellor is delivering her Budget, can the UK really afford £30 billion on Drax's tree burning?
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Drax carbon removal project could exceed entire carbon capture budget - Energy Live News
Drax’s BECCS project may cost £30 billion in subsidies, exceeding the UK’s full carbon capture budget
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November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A carbon capture project at Drax would blow the UK's entire carbon capture budget, and then some.
As the Chancellor is delivering her Budget, can the UK really afford £30 billion on Drax's tree burning?
www.energylivenews.com/2025/11/26/d...
#CutCarbonNotForests
As the Chancellor is delivering her Budget, can the UK really afford £30 billion on Drax's tree burning?
www.energylivenews.com/2025/11/26/d...
#CutCarbonNotForests
Woody biomass power is under scrutiny like never before.
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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Wood pellet power is under the microscope like never before
Pressure on the biomass sector is mounting in the UK, South Korea, Japan, and the US.
www.semafor.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Woody biomass power is under scrutiny like never before.
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
#CutCarbonNotForests
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To translate: German Government Environment Agency says burning wood biomass *IS NOT* carbon neutral.
"electricity and heat from wood cannot be classified without restriction as renewable energy within the meaning of the Paris climate targets"
www.topagrar.com/energie/news...
"electricity and heat from wood cannot be classified without restriction as renewable energy within the meaning of the Paris climate targets"
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Holzenergie laut UBA nicht klimaneutral – Branchenverband fassungslos
Das Umweltbundesamt spricht der Holzenergie-Nutzung die Nachhaltigkeit und Klimaneutralität ab. Der Fachverband Holzenergie ist alarmiert und auf 180.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
To translate: German Government Environment Agency says burning wood biomass *IS NOT* carbon neutral.
"electricity and heat from wood cannot be classified without restriction as renewable energy within the meaning of the Paris climate targets"
www.topagrar.com/energie/news...
"electricity and heat from wood cannot be classified without restriction as renewable energy within the meaning of the Paris climate targets"
www.topagrar.com/energie/news...
Drax Power Station is *STILL* burning 250-year old trees from forests in Canada, reveals @stand.earth
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Truckloads of Trees: Drax sourced wood pellets from old growth forests in B.C. in 2024, and likely 2025 – Forest Eye
stand.earth
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Drax Power Station is *STILL* burning 250-year old trees from forests in Canada, reveals @stand.earth
stand.earth/forest-eye/2...
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Biomass isn't just a problem in the UK.
Here's what burning trees in power stations is doing to forests in Indonesia. 🔥🌳
Awful impacts. Brilliant video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD_J...
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Here's what burning trees in power stations is doing to forests in Indonesia. 🔥🌳
Awful impacts. Brilliant video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD_J...
#CutCarbonNotForests
The Forests Burning to Keep Asia's Lights On
YouTube video by Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC)
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November 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Biomass isn't just a problem in the UK.
Here's what burning trees in power stations is doing to forests in Indonesia. 🔥🌳
Awful impacts. Brilliant video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD_J...
#CutCarbonNotForests
Here's what burning trees in power stations is doing to forests in Indonesia. 🔥🌳
Awful impacts. Brilliant video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD_J...
#CutCarbonNotForests
Today a new report is published showing that just 5 economies spent nearly $250 billion on biomass subsidies over 22 years.
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It’s time to Cut Subsidies, Not Forests and to #CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
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It’s time to Cut Subsidies, Not Forests and to #CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Today a new report is published showing that just 5 economies spent nearly $250 billion on biomass subsidies over 22 years.
environmentalpaper.org/wp-content/u...
It’s time to Cut Subsidies, Not Forests and to #CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
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It’s time to Cut Subsidies, Not Forests and to #CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
It’s time to STOP subsidising #BigBadBiomass that is destroying forests, polluting people’s air, and making climate change worse.
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
#CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
#CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
October 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It’s time to STOP subsidising #BigBadBiomass that is destroying forests, polluting people’s air, and making climate change worse.
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
#CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
Cut Subsidies, Not Forests!
#CutCarbonNotForests #BigBadBiomass
Residents of Gloster, Mississippi are calling for an end to Drax’s pollution of their air.
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#BigBadBiomass #CutCarbonNotForests
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MDEQ should uphold Gloster air quality decision
MDEQ to hear appeal of decision on Drax plant in Gloster.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Residents of Gloster, Mississippi are calling for an end to Drax’s pollution of their air.
tinyurl.com/3nvbhjax
#BigBadBiomass #CutCarbonNotForests
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#BigBadBiomass #CutCarbonNotForests
Today Cut Carbon Not Forests stands alongside communities in the southeast US as they resist Drax attempts to seek a permit to increase their air pollution of their communities.
This is driven by UK biomass demand.
stopburningtrees.org/resource/ope...
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This is driven by UK biomass demand.
stopburningtrees.org/resource/ope...
#CutCarbonNotForests
Stop Burning Trees Coalition
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October 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Today Cut Carbon Not Forests stands alongside communities in the southeast US as they resist Drax attempts to seek a permit to increase their air pollution of their communities.
This is driven by UK biomass demand.
stopburningtrees.org/resource/ope...
#CutCarbonNotForests
This is driven by UK biomass demand.
stopburningtrees.org/resource/ope...
#CutCarbonNotForests
A call by Dr Krystal Martin for the Mississippi Department for Environmental Quality to reject a bid by Drax to increase their allowances to pollute communities' air.
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MDEQ should uphold Gloster air quality decision
MDEQ to hear appeal of decision on Drax plant in Gloster.
eu.clarionledger.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A call by Dr Krystal Martin for the Mississippi Department for Environmental Quality to reject a bid by Drax to increase their allowances to pollute communities' air.
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A new report by European Environment Agency:
"An increase in the demand for wood products and for bioenergy puts further pressure on forests; this can have negative effects on their role as carbon sinks and on biodiversity"
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"An increase in the demand for wood products and for bioenergy puts further pressure on forests; this can have negative effects on their role as carbon sinks and on biodiversity"
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Europe’s environment and climate: knowledge for resilience, prosperity and sustainability
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September 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A new report by European Environment Agency:
"An increase in the demand for wood products and for bioenergy puts further pressure on forests; this can have negative effects on their role as carbon sinks and on biodiversity"
www.eea.europa.eu/en/europe-en...
#CutCarbonNotForests
"An increase in the demand for wood products and for bioenergy puts further pressure on forests; this can have negative effects on their role as carbon sinks and on biodiversity"
www.eea.europa.eu/en/europe-en...
#CutCarbonNotForests
Working for Drax is equivalent to working for big tobacco - says US hedge fund manager.
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Calls grow for UK's biggest renewable power station boss to be sacked
Britain's biggest 'renewable' power station which is allegedly as 'toxic as working for tobacco' should sack its boss.
www.dailymail.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Working for Drax is equivalent to working for big tobacco - says US hedge fund manager.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Drax probed by financial watchdog - more questions for the energy giant that burns trees.
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Energy giant Drax probed by watchdog over wood sourcing, following whistleblower claims
The probe intensifies scrutiny of Drax, which is subsidised by bill payers to burn wood to create electricity - an energy source deemed "important" but whose environmental benefits are disputed.
news.sky.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Drax probed by financial watchdog - more questions for the energy giant that burns trees.
#CutCarbonNotForests
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Certifying biomass from the forest as "sustainable" is meaningless, finds new report.
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Sustainable biomass certification scheme is flawed, degrades forests, report finds
The Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) is a leading global biomass certification scheme offering assurances to end users (especially nations in the EU and Asia) that biomass (especially wood pellets fo...
news.mongabay.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Certifying biomass from the forest as "sustainable" is meaningless, finds new report.
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Solar is on the march in the UK.
We don't need dirty biomass.
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We don't need dirty biomass.
#CutCarbonNotForests
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British solar power surges past 2024 total
Good weather and rapidly proliferating farms mean solar generation is at record levels
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August 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Solar is on the march in the UK.
We don't need dirty biomass.
#CutCarbonNotForests
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We don't need dirty biomass.
#CutCarbonNotForests
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Biomass makes climate change WORSE.
"there is sufficient evidence to reliably conclude that replacing fossil fuels with forest biomass for energy generation **results in an increase in CO2 emissions**"
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"there is sufficient evidence to reliably conclude that replacing fossil fuels with forest biomass for energy generation **results in an increase in CO2 emissions**"
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Burning Forest Biomass Is Not an Effective Climate Mitigation Response and Conflicts With Biodiversity Adaptation
Pathways are proposed for progressing the goal of decarbonizing economies that rely on burning forest biomass for heat and electricity (bioenergy) based on the proposition that this creates benefits ....
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Biomass makes climate change WORSE.
"there is sufficient evidence to reliably conclude that replacing fossil fuels with forest biomass for energy generation **results in an increase in CO2 emissions**"
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#CutCarbonNotForests
"there is sufficient evidence to reliably conclude that replacing fossil fuels with forest biomass for energy generation **results in an increase in CO2 emissions**"
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#CutCarbonNotForests
If the public think Sizewell C is expensive, wait until they hear about how much a Bioenergy Carbon Capture plant would cost... 🔥💸
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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July 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If the public think Sizewell C is expensive, wait until they hear about how much a Bioenergy Carbon Capture plant would cost... 🔥💸
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
A court order in Estonia saves an old forest from being cut down and turned into energy.
The global fightback against biomass continues.
#CutCarbonNotForests
www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2024/power2x...
The global fightback against biomass continues.
#CutCarbonNotForests
www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2024/power2x...
Joint report about Power2X bio-methanol proposal in Pärnu, Estonia – biofuelwatch
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July 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A court order in Estonia saves an old forest from being cut down and turned into energy.
The global fightback against biomass continues.
#CutCarbonNotForests
www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2024/power2x...
The global fightback against biomass continues.
#CutCarbonNotForests
www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2024/power2x...
What's going to happen to biomass power generation (all sources) in several key countries, for all plants > 250MW.
Current Operating Capacity Today through to all Operating + Planned Capacity.
Source: Global Energy Monitor.
Current Operating Capacity Today through to all Operating + Planned Capacity.
Source: Global Energy Monitor.
July 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
What's going to happen to biomass power generation (all sources) in several key countries, for all plants > 250MW.
Current Operating Capacity Today through to all Operating + Planned Capacity.
Source: Global Energy Monitor.
Current Operating Capacity Today through to all Operating + Planned Capacity.
Source: Global Energy Monitor.
In 2024 Drax was still the UK's highest carbon polluter - by a larger margin.
Analysis by Ember think tank.
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Analysis by Ember think tank.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
July 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
In 2024 Drax was still the UK's highest carbon polluter - by a larger margin.
Analysis by Ember think tank.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Analysis by Ember think tank.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
July 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
July 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Want to get into biomass burning?
We've done our research and put together our top 3️⃣ tips for how to burn the world's forests in power stations. 🎯🌳🔥
#CutCarbonNotForests
We've done our research and put together our top 3️⃣ tips for how to burn the world's forests in power stations. 🎯🌳🔥
#CutCarbonNotForests
June 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Want to get into biomass burning?
We've done our research and put together our top 3️⃣ tips for how to burn the world's forests in power stations. 🎯🌳🔥
#CutCarbonNotForests
We've done our research and put together our top 3️⃣ tips for how to burn the world's forests in power stations. 🎯🌳🔥
#CutCarbonNotForests
Alex Sobel MP says he agrees with Dale Vince that the Government should stop paying Drax to burn trees.
Cutting down forests to feed Drax incurs a huge carbon cost | Drax | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Cutting down forests to feed Drax incurs a huge carbon cost | Drax | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Cutting down forests to feed Drax incurs a huge carbon cost | Letters
Letters: Alex Sobel MP writes paying Drax billions of pounds to burn forests is not a coherent climate strategy; Tom Blandford suggests Drax is a stepping stone to a low carbon future; Peg Putt deplor...
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Alex Sobel MP says he agrees with Dale Vince that the Government should stop paying Drax to burn trees.
Cutting down forests to feed Drax incurs a huge carbon cost | Drax | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#CutCarbonNotForests
Cutting down forests to feed Drax incurs a huge carbon cost | Drax | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#CutCarbonNotForests