https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/anti-drax-protestors-disrupt-london-biomass-conference
FOUR activists were removed from the Argus Biomass conference today after disrupting the Drax-sponsored event.
Posing as conference attendees, they interrupted a keynote speech by Drax chief sustainability officer Miguel Veiga-Pestana, challenging him on the company’s sustainability record and shouting: “Drax poisons people.”
The wood-burning power plant in Yorkshire, which claims to be sustainable, was recently awarded new government subsidies.
However, a BBC investigation found that Drax had been cutting wood from environmentally important forests in Canada and the firm has been fined by Ofgem for inaccurately reporting data on the sourcing of wood pellets.
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