How virgin B.C. forests fuel a green U.K. power station
Drax Power Station is Britain's largest power plant, burning wood pellets to create electricity. In 2021, the company received two million pounds a day in subsidies from the U.K. government.\n\nBut while the industry pitches the pellets as a renewable source of energy, critics say the fuel source is making the climate crisis worse. \n\nA new investigation by CBC\u2019s The Fifth Estate found Drax catapulted a small industry it says is green into an international operation that's dependent on logging in areas that include B.C.'s old growth and primary forests, with the support of B.C.\u2019s NDP government. \n\nToday on Front Burner, Lyndsay Duncombe explains what her reporting uncovered.