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Land and Climate Review has a dedicated investigations team.

Collaborating with funders and mainstream media titles across Europe and the US, our current investigative projects focus on raw materials extraction, and the international forest biomass industry. 

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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  • Development, Markets
“Shocking and sad”: how corporations use investment agreements to block decarbonisation in the Global South
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Drax-owned facilities broke environmental rules more than 11,000 times in the US
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  • Investigations
What are Drax’s plans on the West Coast?
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  • Investigations
Drax fined again over pollution: “I’m afraid to go outside,” say residents
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  • Bioeconomy
Why was organic policy blamed for Sri Lanka’s financial crisis?
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  • Removals
The curious case of emissions dumping down under
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Drax’s pellet mills violated environmental law 189 times in Canada
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  • Economics
Is climate crisis really an economic threat?
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  • Markets
How transparent are the new Indonesian President’s business interests?
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  • Bioenergy
How we uncovered pollution in the biomass industry
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  • Forestry
How is Colombia’s sugar cane industry harming Black communities?
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