'Wood pellet fuel emits more carbon than coal' Drax shock claim
The complaint alleges that the supplier to the Drax plant in North Yorkshire, US group Enviva, used a loophole to falsely claim to investors that its wood pellet fuel emits far less carbon dioxide than coal
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