Beyond Drax MP Briefing

BEYOND DRAX: A REAL GREEN FUTURE FOR YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER

Key points:

• Drax is the UK’s single largest carbon emitter, and should not be part of decarbonisation plans within Yorkshire and the Humber or the UK
• Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage is technology entirely unproven at scale, prohibitively expensive and would do nothing to address the environmental or health impacts of burning woody biomass at scale
• Negative emissions claims are founded upon faulty carbon accounting: BECCS will not help the UK achieve Net Zero by 2050
• A minimum of 73,000 foundational green jobs are needed over the next 10 years to decarbonise Yorkshire and the Humber
• These are direct jobs ranging from renewable energy, to retrofitting homes, improving our public transport services and ecologically sound food production

Please download the full briefing above.