By Graham Wroe In August 2024, Reclaim the Power was organising a climate protest camp near Drax Power Station, the UK’s single largest carbon emitter. But it never happened as police arrested many of the organisers before it began. The protest camp was to involve “six days of workshops, communal living and direct action toContinueContinue reading “Police waste £3m arresting climate protesters while the real criminals continue to overheat the planet.”
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Case Thrown Out for Drax 15 After £3m Police Operation to Prevent Protest
Last August Reclaim the Power were organising a climate protest camp near Drax. But it never went ahead as police arrested many of the organisers before it was even set up. Today the charges against 15 people, including 5 from Sheffield, accused of ‘going equipped to lock on’ were thrown out on the second dayContinueContinue reading “Case Thrown Out for Drax 15 After £3m Police Operation to Prevent Protest”
Sheffield Activists help blockade AXA and AIG in Manchester as part of global Insure Our Survival protests.
by Graham Wroe Changing your insurance company could help in the battle to stop the climate catastrophe and end the genocide in Gaza. Want to know how? Then read on! https://youtu.be/qNJ646BqVng Damage caused by flooding and storms has seen the biggest rise in insurance claims in the past 10 years. Global insured losses from naturalContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Activists help blockade AXA and AIG in Manchester as part of global Insure Our Survival protests.”
Campaigners target Sheffield University’s partnership with Drax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByI8Jga7OKc&ab_channel=ExtinctionRebellionSheffield Sign the petition today This fortnight we’ve seen the concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere hit a record high of 430 parts per million and Arctic sea ice hit a record low. As all eyes have been on Ukraine, Climate Change continues to overheat the planet. Climate scientists have been protesting in AmericaContinueContinue reading “Campaigners target Sheffield University’s partnership with Drax”
Protest in Leeds highlights huge subsidies for wood-burning power station
Sheffield XR members joined climate activists from around the North of England in Leeds to express their anger about continuing subsidy of the Drax power station, which has already received £7bn of public money since 2012 (1). Accompanied by music and Extinction Rebellion’s ‘Discobedience’ dancers, they shared information with people in busy City Square aboutContinueContinue reading “Protest in Leeds highlights huge subsidies for wood-burning power station”
Carbon capture — what are the chances?
A guest blog by Bryan Hopkins Bryan Hopkins The words carbon capture pop up in our news these days with increasing frequency, particularly in this region as there are plans to install carbon capture technology in the biomass power station at Drax. But what exactly is ‘carbon capture’, and is it going to be worthContinueContinue reading “Carbon capture — what are the chances?”
Destroying Ancient Forests is not renewable.
Much of the electricity you use in your house originates from Drax Power Station at Selby. It produces 6% of the country’s electricity. You’ve probably seen the six boilers, each as high as a 15-storey office block, and the main chimney which is taller than the London Eye. Drax claims to produce renewable energy byContinueContinue reading “Destroying Ancient Forests is not renewable.”
