Worse product than coal?........ again.18 Oct 2025 13:03
From the Grudian.
Residents of a small Mississippi town are suing Drax Biomass after the company won a permit to become a “major source” of hazardous air pollution at a local wood pellet production plant.
The subsidiary of the FTSE 250 energy company was previously denied permission to increase emissions in the 900-person town of Gloster, Mississippi, after local residents warned that they had already suffered serious adverse health consequences because of the operation.
But in a reversal of the April decision, the Mississippi department of environmental quality (MDEQ) permit board on Wednesday granted Drax’s Amite county wood pellet production facility a permit.
The plant in Gloster converts trees sourced from southern US states into wooden pellets, which are burned as biomass fuel in Drax’s huge power station in Selby, North Yorkshire, England.
Drax is expected to receive more than £10bn in UK renewable energy subsidies between 2012 and 2027 for its biomass generation, according to the thinktank Ember, despite criticism from green groups and climate scientists which claim that the wood it uses to manufacture biomass pellets is not sustainably sourced.
The company was found to have supplied inaccurate data relating to its sourcing of biomass, leading to a £25m ($33m) fine which was paid to the UK energy regulator. The company is currently being investigated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and lawmakers in the UK have been reviewing the billions in renewables subsidies the North Yorkshire plant receives.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/mississippi-suit-drax-biomass-air-pollution
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