Calls for Drax to be forced to fully disclose its biomass sourcing
by Fiona Harvey and Jillian Ambrose from Environment | The Guardian on (#6XPFM)
Campaigners say the publication of key KPMG report must be a condition to MPs extending subsidies scheme
The owner of the Drax wood-burning power station should be forced to disclose full details of its tree consumption, campaigners have argued, as MPs review the billions in renewables subsidies the North Yorkshire plant receives.
A delegated legislation committee will decide on Monday whether to pass the government's plans to extend billpayer-funded subsidies to the country's biomass power generators, of which Drax is by far the biggest.
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