Thank you to everyone who took part, in person and online, in the international day of action on the 27th April 2022. We have shared some pictures from the day below, you can see most of them by clicking the button below. thank you for supporting us in sending a collective message to both Vattenfall and Drax that burin wood from trees is not low-carbon and harms forest ecosystems.
Axe Drax members doused the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in bright orange paint. The group is calling for an end to BEIS giving renewable subsidies to Drax Group. you can read more from the PR below. Note that Biofuelwatch was not involved in this action.
London, UK. 27 April 2022. Protestor from Axe Drax spray paint to the outside of the entrance to BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy) in protest to subsidies of biomass such as Drax Power Station. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Protestor from Axe Drax spray paint to the outside of the entrance to BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy) in protest to subsidies of biomass such as Drax Power Station. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Protestor from Axe Drax spray paint to the outside of the entrance to BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy) in protest to subsidies of biomass such as Drax Power Station. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Protestor from Axe Drax spray paint to the outside of the entrance to BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy) in protest to subsidies of biomass such as Drax Power Station. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Protestor from Axe Drax spray paint to the outside of the entrance to BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy) in protest to subsidies of biomass such as Drax Power Station. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Protestor from Axe Drax spray paint to the outside of the entrance to BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy) in protest to subsidies of biomass such as Drax Power Station. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsAbove Picture Credit Andrea Domeniconi
Thank you to Andrea Domeniconi for taking the below pictures of our action in London
London, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live NewsLondon, UK. 27 April 2022. Environmental campaigners protest at the Drax AGM. Protestors hold banners against the world biggest trees burner power station for energy. Credit: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Live News
Biofuelwatch supporters at Drax AGM in London
Thank you to Friends of the Earth for their protest in Hull
Thank you to Cut Carbon not Forest for their projection on to Drax the night before the AGM
Thank you to Neil Terry for these great photos from Leeds
Thank you to our supporters in York for taking the time out today!
Thank you to Alan Woods for this photos from Liverpool
