Drax-owned facilities broke environmental rules more than 11,000 times in the US

Drax “must be held accountable,” says US Senator for Maryland Chris Van Hollen, after The Times and Land and Climate Review reveal the bioenergy company violates US regulation an average of five times per day.

What are Drax’s plans on the West Coast?

A new investigation by Land and Climate Review and The Intercept has found that Drax broke regulations while constructing a new pellet mill in Washington State.

Drax fined again over pollution: “I’m afraid to go outside,” say residents

This month, the British power company has been issued another fine in Mississippi, with additional penalties expected in Louisiana. In collaboration with The Intercept, Land and Climate Review talk to experts and locals about Drax’s operations in the US Southeast.

Why was organic policy blamed for Sri Lanka’s financial crisis?

Academic research offers a different story from news media on Sri Lanka’s short-lived ban on agrochemicals. Bertie Harrison-Broninski explores what really happened, and whether there’s a future for national-scale organic policy.

The curious case of emissions dumping down under

Camille Corcoran breaks down the implications of Australia’s landmark ban on carbon capture and storage projects in the Great Artesian Basin.

Drax’s pellet mills violated environmental law 189 times in Canada

The UK’s largest power station began importing wood from Canadian pellet plants 12 years ago. The mills, bought by Drax Group in 2021 & 2022, have breached environmental regulations 189 times.

Seeing the storm ahead

Adaptation is not only about finance and technology – it is about visualising change. Bertie Harrison-Broninski reads John Vaillant’s ‘Fire Weather’ and Stephen Robert Miller’s ‘Over the Seawall’.

Is corruption and slavery the cost of a mobile phone?

Guinean bauxite is the source of aluminium in everything from our office buildings to our cars – but the bauxite supply chain is a black box of human rights issues.