While the company will no longer burn biomass from B.C. in the U.K., it does continue to hold a near-monopoly on wood pellet production in the province and will likely continue sourcing from old growth and primary forests to supply customers in Asian and European countries. #BigBadBiomass

Background drone photo of piles of logged trees. Photo credit: Desiree Wallace. “And here in B.C., this does not mean logging for biomass will stop. Trees will still be cut and turned into pellets, but many will be destined for Japan and other overseas markets instead.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner. 

Background photo of Senior Forest Campaigner Tegan Hansen standing on a gravel road among a logged area. Photo credit: Desiree Wallace. “B.C. should take immediate steps to ban sourcing from old growth and primary forests for wood pellets exports and should end provincial subsidies that prop up the sector. The province also has an opportunity to support real value-added milling under a framework that upholds its commitments to protect old growth and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner. 

Background photo of a pile of logged trees. Photo credit: Desiree Wallace. “So this moment is both a win and a reminder: [checkmark] Generating scandal and sustained public pressure works. [checkmark]Exposing false 'sustainable' claims works. [checkmark]When biomass becomes politically and reputationally costly, corporations move.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner. 

Background photo of a wide area of logged trees. Photo credit: Desiree Wallace. “This is meaningful progress - but we must keep going. Let's celebrate what we've accomplished together, but keep standing up for forests and communities. #BigBadBiomass”

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MPs in call to halt Drax’s £2m-a-day subsidy over sustainability doubts Exclusive: Cross-party group ‘deeply concerned’ power plant may have misled ministers and regulators over source of wood pellets

Great to see MPs continuing to speak out against subsidies for Drax! www.theguardian.com/business/202... #BigBadBiomass #AxeDrax

As a climate and environmental justice advocate, I am happy to report the big win for the rural city of #LongviewWA #bigbadbiomass is pulling back from plans to set up a wood pellet plant at the #columbiariver
With HUGE resistance in the UK, the #greenwaahing corp is losing half of their subsidies.

Our efforts took the shine off its greenwashing, instead spotlighting biomass destruction from Indonesia to Brazil to Canada.

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UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show Giant biomass plant reveals burning of wood pellets made 9% of UK’s electricity in July, its largest ever monthly share

Hugely depressing - Drax burning record amounts of wood, according to www.theguardian.com/business/202... . All because of generous subsidies paid via every UK resident's electricity bills. Massive harm to forests, esp. in southeastern US and western Canada. #BigBadBiomass #AxeDrax

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A very moving ceremony at the Eemshaven power station, mourning the forests destroyed and wildlife harmed to power RWE's Dutch power stations with wood pellet #biomass #BigBadBiomass

COP30 warning: Countries are leaning on forests instead of cutting fossil fuels Instead of focusing on rapid cuts to fossil fuel use, many countries are leaning on forests and farmland to balance their emissions on paper.

A new report finds that many countries that attended the #COP30 summit are looking to replace fossil fuel production with biomass. Our forests are not fuel and can’t be a replacement for the harms of burning fossil fuels. #BigBadBiomass

It's time for governments to stop funding the forest biomass industry with green subsidies.

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An analysis of this year's #COP30 registrants has found over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists. The presence of these industry actors could halt progress toward making meaningful commitments to the #climate crisis.
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#COP30 is still going and we're keeping the pressure up. We urge reps of @DCCEEW to support better policy that reins in the biomass industry and adopt guidance that ensures standing forests and fights climate change.

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EPN's Biomass Action Network has released a new briefing at COP30 "Decarbonisation or dispossession? The extent of industrial scale biomass energy in Latin America and its impacts on the region"🔗 environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/deca... #bioeconomy #COP30 #LatinAmerica #biomass #bigbadbiomass

Delegates representing countries in South and Central America at @cop30brazil.bsky.social, should read our latest blog and adopt guidance from Biomass Action Network to reject policies that cut forests and subsidize biomass. #COP30 #KeepOurForestsStanding #BigBadBiomass buff.ly/vG9GkEh

On Bioeconomy Day at COP30, here's what you need to know about biomass energy in Latin America and the harm it does to communities and nature

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#bigbadbiomass #stopburningtrees #bioeconomy #COP30 #bioeconomyday

Photo of large log piles and heavy loads vehicles. Caption: Aerial image of log piles in the image above at Drax's Burns Lakes wood pellet plant log yard. Photo by Desiree Wallace / Stand.earth, June 2025

Investigation by @stand.earth confirms Drax is still turning ancient trees from oldgrowth forests in BC into wood pellets to burn itself and to sell to others.Yet last week, the govt. signed a new subsidy contract with Drax for 2027-31. #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass
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@ec.europa.eu must transition from carbon-intensive trade. Biomass cuts forests, emitting more carbon than coal. We urge delegates to adopt the requests of the Biomass Action Network and stop the deforestation. #COP30 #BigBadBiomass

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Major Economies Spent Almost $250 Billion on Subsidies for Burning Biomass, new BAN report finds | Environmental Paper Network

Taxpayer dollars are propping up this highly polluting energy, which includes burning trees for electricity.

Read more here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burning-billions-for-biomass and take action against #BigBadBiomass.

Urgent: Please ask your MP to speak out against new funding for Drax’s tree burning The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched an investigation into the UK’s single largest carbon emitter and the world’s biggest tree burner, Drax, over concerns about its sourcing of wood pell...

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Drax's tree burning energy is destroying forests, polluting communities, harming wildlife & making the #climatecrisis worse
Will you call on the Government to end subsidies for Drax's tree burning & reject Drax's AI data centre funding bid? tinyurl.com/yddsnsx7 #BigBadBiomass

#BigBadBiomass Burns Billions of public money, hurts the climate and nature, while masquerading as renewable energy. The Biomass Action Network demands that subsidy support for Biomass be eliminated and redirected to better uses environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burning-billions...

Burning millions of tonnes of wood every year from forests undermines climate and nature goals. Subsidised industrial #BigBadBiomass production is turning natural forests and communities into sacrifice zones. Read more environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burning-billions...

Africa is standing up to #BigBadBiomass ✊🌍

On the International Dayof Action on Big Biomass, we say: Cut Subsidies, Not Forests! 🌳 🌲🌴🌱🌿

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Next year marks 30 years of Dogwood Alliance, and our wish is to break Big Bad Biomass.

We’re fighting for forests & wetlands.

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#Gloster MS: Drax’s Amite plant brings toxic air, dust, and noise. #MDEQ fined it many times. MDEQ denied a permit to pollute more, Drax appealed, and now MDEQ reversed course to allow higher emissions.

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International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass continues!

We’re celebrating community power & land justice with the Pee Dee Indian Tribe & New Alpha CDC — conserving 400+ acres.

But wild lands are still under attack as the #RoadlessRule faces rollback.
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#BigBadBiomass Burns Billions of public money, hurts the climate and nature, while masquerading as renewable energy. Read more environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burning-billions...
images: courtesy of EPN’s Biomass Action Network in collaboration with Heartwood Visuals

#BigBadBiomass Burns Billions of public money, hurts the #climate and #nature, while masquerading as renewable energy. Read more buff.ly/aad9KgI

🎙 Bringing you a special edition of our podcast for the International Day of Action on Big Biomass: *Dry Streams in an Ocean of Eucalyptus: Community resistance to "green" steel, charcoal and biochar in Minas Gerais*

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Subsidies for #BigBadBiomass are available at every stage of the supply chain and the true extent is likely much bigger than the $250 billion paid by five major economies. Read more environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burning-billions...