Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Wood Pellet Giant Drax Targets California Forests: Excerpt

 “Plans for two industrial pellet plants would increase carbon
emissions and hurt the health of rural communities, campaigners warn.

The wood pellets Drax produces are treated as
“carbon neutral” under international accounting rules, based on an
assumption that new-growth trees will capture the carbon lost by wood
burnt for electricity. But scientists and campaigners have long disputed these claims. 

A 2021 study from the European Academies Science Advisory Council concluded
that burning wood for energy “is not effective in mitigating climate
change and may even increase the risk of dangerous climate change.” A
power station operated by Drax in the UK generates 8 percent of the UK’s “renewable” electricity, but is also the single largest emitter of carbon dioxide.

Golden State Natural Resources claims its forest management
techniques reduce the risk of wildfires — a claim which has also been disputed
by campaigners — and that it maintains “stringent guardrails” to ensure
the sourcing of materials for pellets is sustainable. Drax also says
its pellets are made from “sustainable biomass” generated from
low-grade roundwood, sawmill residues, and forest residues — although
several investigations have found instances of the company using primary forest materials.

 https://www.desmog.com/2024/03/04/wood-pellet-giant-drax-targets-california-forests/