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Campaigners condemn government decision to continue funding power station in Yorkshire
Drax power station near Selby, North Yorkshire.
THE government is to continue providing £600 million every year to a wood-burning power station in Yorkshire.
Environment campaigners condemned the decision today and said the money should be spent on green energy development, including solar and wind power.
Drax power station near Selby in North Yorkshire was once Europe’s biggest coal-burning power station, but now burns wooden pellets made from trees felled in the US.
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