Green groups call for scrapping of subsidies to wood-burning Drax power station

Open letter to Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, says biomass plants are putting forests and biodiversity at riskBusiness live - latest updatesMore than 40 green groups have called on Ed Miliband to scrap plans to pay billions in subsidies to the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire for it to keep burning wood pellets imported from overseas forests.In an open letter to the energy secretary, 41 groups from across Europe and the US said they were "deeply concerned" about the government's plans to foot the cost of extending the subsidy scheme, which supports the UK's most polluting power plant from 2027 until the end of the decade. Continue reading...