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We dont take whole trees. You do. And how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. Logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. Theres no other word for it. This is britains biggest Single Source of electricity. The Drax Power Station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but its switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uks drive to cut Carbon Emissions. And that means the company has received around £6 billion in green...

we dont take whole trees. you do. and how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. theres no other word for it. this is britains biggest single source of electricity. the drax power station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but its switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uks drive to cut carbon emissions. and that means the company has received around £6 billio...

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This was a mature primary forest. now, a company getting billions of pounds in environmental subsidies has cut it down. this area of primary forest, of forest that was in

Very fresh tyre prints. so were still on his tail. nine up dayton. hes coming off there isnt he, at nine? nine up. its too muddy to follow, so we send up the drone. its clear that trees have been felled. once again, drax claims this isnt primary forest because its near a road. but the nearest paved road is six miles away. and the site appears to meet the un definitions of primary forest. we can see the drax truck being loaded up with tree trunks.

Forest here in british columbia and theres a listing here for over 600 acres — thats about a square mile of primary forest. and when you look up the results, this is interesting — nearly all of the bidders were timber companies, but they were all outbid by drax�*s pallet firm, pinnacle. this is what drax has bought — rare old—growth primary forest. drax initially told us that logging the area would reduce the risk of wildfire because many of the trees are dead. then, it said it had tra...

Weve found another section of primary forest where drax bought the logging licence. ok, here we are. lets go and have a look, shall we? the company claims neither of the logging sites are primary forests because theyre near roads. but they appear to meet the un definitions of primary forests, which dont mention proximity to roads. drax had to build a track 500 metres long just to get to this site. wow, look at this. pinnacle drax. oh, yeah, look. goodness me. this whole area was logged in the ma...

This was a mature primary forest. now a company getting billions of pounds in environmental subsidies has cut it down. this area of primary forest, of forest that was in development for thousands of years, is now gone, its been obliterated, and its deeply upsetting. its really a shame that british taxpayers are funding this destruction with their money. all over the scarred site, there are piles of leftover wood.

There are very, very, very fresh tyre prints. so were still on his tail. nine up dayton. hes coming off there isnt he, at nine. nine up. its too muddy to follow, so we send up the drone. its clear that trees have been felled. once again, drax claims this isnt primary forest because its near a road. but the nearest paved road is six miles away. and the site appears to meet the un definitions of primary forest. we can see the drax truck being loaded up with tree trunks.