British ‘eco’ power station company hacks down Canadian forests, investigation claims

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The company behind behind the UK’s largest renewable power station is allegedly cutting down environmentally-important forests in Canada.

According to an investigation by the BBC’s Panorama team, Drax has bought logging licences to cut down areas of forest in western Canada.

While the company says it only uses sawdust and waste wood from the area...