UK Power Firm Burnt Wood From Environmentally Sensitive Areas in Canada

UK power group Drax has found that wood burnt at its biomass power station in the UK is “highly likely” to have come from environmentally sensitive areas of old forests in Canada, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing internal Drax emails it has seen. A Drax internal review has found that the wood from its suppliers from British Columbia was traced to “high-risk” private land and areas, which have been designated by authorities as important for their ecological benefits, such as old wood growths capable of absorbing…