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  • A Winner

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Alan Taylor

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I object for the following reasons:- 1) I believe the proposal is not a... Read more

  • Andrew Phillips

    I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined in... Read more

  • Angela Macquiban

    I am very concerned to hear about Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development... Read more

  • Anne Helen Gott

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Arnold Woolley

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because DRAX is already reputedly the biggest global wrecker... Read more

  • Brian James Morgan

    [redacted]. I have lived in Goole and Hull, under the shadow of Drax smoke plumes, from its opening in 1974, until 1989. I noticed the increase in child asthma at that time, and the disappearance of... Read more

  • Cairn Mahoney

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Caro Fitzgerald Ellis

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Christopher Duggan

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Clare James

    I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined in... Read more

  • David Allen Wieberg

    5 August 2022 To whom it may concern I am writing to object to the Drax application to add so-called ‘carbon capture’ technology to existing biomass burning facilities. The present carbon capture... Read more

  • David Callow

    Carbon capture is unproven and should not be considered.

  • David Garnham

    I wish to object to this proposal

  • Diana Harmer

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Dr Ian Sturrock

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Dr Stephen Garsed

    This application seeks to use unproven technology to solve a problem that should not have existed in the first place. Burning wood pellets from virgin forest is not "green energy". It is contrary to... Read more

  • Edward Hodgkinson

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Elizabeth Anne Rhodes

    Costs go up simply because you are bringing in wood from other countries, thus denuding their forestation and making their lives more difficult. A few years ago there was a lot of local talk about... Read more

  • Fran Rawcliffe

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Geoffrey Charles Bowman

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Gillian Douglas

    The burning of fossil fuels must be phased out as earth's climate is in danger of exterminating much, if not all of life on it. Allowing companies to find little actions they can take in order to let... Read more

  • Glyn Calvert

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Graye Wilde

    The national interest is not for unproven carbon capture programs such as the Drax proposal to go ahead. The local impact and broader concerns about burning trees together with the chemicals involved... Read more

  • Greg Allen

    DRAFT RESPONSE Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture  technology to two of its wood-burning units.  I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a... Read more

  • Hazel Hobbs

    This method is untested and likely to be executed by technicians with little relevant expertise. It will lead to continued destruction of important forests.

  • Heather L Peacock

    BECCS doesn't work. Burning trees is not green but extremely bad for the environment. It takes a tree up to 50 years to grow to capture carbon. 500 scientists have signed a letter to the EU to stop... Read more

  • Henna Cheema

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Henry Shue

    I strenuously object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined... Read more

  • Isla Mary Scott

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Jacqueline Smith

    I have serious concerns about how cost-effective this project will be, both in cash terms and from an ecological point of view. Capturing and compressing CO2 takes a lot of energy – 28% of all the... Read more

  • Jane Annabel Eades

    Dear Team, This email registers my objection to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. Along with millions of others, scientists and the general public,... Read more

  • Janet Hilary Upward

    I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined in... Read more

  • Jayne Routh

    This must not happen we should not by burning wood to produce electricity Dax receives £1 million per day in subsidies and they still aren’t getting it right !!!

  • Jennifer Mary Shepherd

    I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I can't see that this proposal is a sustainable development as defined... Read more

  • Jey Harvey

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • John Woodbridge Beal III

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Julie Spencer

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Julie Wreford

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture  technology to two of its wood-burning units.  I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Kenneth Winter

    Carbon Capture will perpetuate Drax as the biggest Tree Burner Globally. Axe Drax - Europe's buggest CO2 Emitter .

  • Kim B Ashton

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Korinna Shan

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Lucy Rowland

    I am concerned that by accepting this company’s application you will be signing the death sentence for many trees and also increasing the damage to the environment and its biodiversity. There are many... Read more

  • M Avram

    Draxx is the main carbon dioxide polluter in the UK and it burns trees from all over the world, from some fragile ecosystems of oldgrowth forests. I do not believe their methods of decarbonising are... Read more

  • Margaret Anne Heasley

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Maria Dinnendahl

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Mark Hollinrake

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Mark Jamie Knowles

    I am sceptical of this new place for the following major reasons: This plan may risk human health as Drax seems to want to use chemicals called amines to separate or ‘scrub’ the CO2 from the other... Read more

  • Matthew Perrin

    We need to stop carbon emissions and burning trees! No one wants more co2 on the atmosphere! We have limited time to try to do something about climate change! Stop messaging about and letting companys... Read more

  • Michael Edwin Chaloner

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Michael Graubart

    This is a dangerous project, likely to increase levels of CO-2 in the UK’s atmosphere.

  • Mr Terence Laverty

    Dear Sir or Madam, I object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I raise this objection because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Neville Bruce

    I have adapted some text from a group called Biofuelwatch, as it says much of what I want to: I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units.... Read more

  • Nic Lee

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Philip John Arrowsmith

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Philip Stephen Harris

    Dear Sir / Madam, I am a [Redacted] who earlier examined seminal work by Scottish colleagues among others on the (failed) effectiveness of large scale biofuels and biomass as atmospheric carbon-saving... Read more

  • Philomena Grimley

    I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined in... Read more

  • Rachel Caroline Steele

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Robert Palgrave

    1. The proposal is not sustainable development as defined in the National Planning Policy Framework , since it is not compatible with increasing productivity, supporting communities’ health,... Read more

  • Robert Tollemache

    I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined in... Read more

  • Ronald Thomas Lawley

    If the planning application is approved it will make it more likely that Drax will continue burning trees from some of the world’s most biodiverse forests for decades to come, making the climate... Read more

  • Sarah Perrett

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Shirley Swan

    I want to object to Drax's application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood burning units. I don't think this project is a sustainable development as defined in the National Planning... Read more

  • Stephanie Remfry

    Drax uses wood pellets to produce electricity. Wood pellets are made of carbon hence Drax is already contributing to the country's carbon emissions, and should be closed. The carbon capture process... Read more

  • Stephen John Townshend

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Steve Harris

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Sue Hamilton

    I object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I object because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined in the National... Read more

  • Susan Louise Hick

    Objection on environmental grounds

  • Suzi Beaton

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Thanet Biodiversity (Thanet Biodiversity)

    I wish to object because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development. Burning forests for electricity is no solution to the climate crisis.

  • Timothy I Mullen

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Tom Killick

    I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined in... Read more

  • Vitas Faux-Bowyer

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Will Iles

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • William Ross Tyler

    It is unproven technology and burning biomass is highly damaging to the environment. Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its... Read more

  • Angela Forsyth

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Christopher Paul Kinsey

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Croitiene n. ganMoryn

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Eleanor Shield

    Dear Sir/Madam, I am objecting to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development... Read more

  • Eva Gallova

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Felicia Ronnholm

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Finlay Ross

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Fran Smitherman

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Hilary Jane Byers

    I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined in... Read more

  • James Graham Corscadden

    I object to any company that will not seriously cut there carbon emissions by at least 85%

  • James Haigh

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Jean Holloway

    The application to the Planning Inspectorate to add unproven carbon capture equipment to two of its wood-burning units at Drax Power Station near Selby in Yorkshire is hugely flawed and dangerous to... Read more

  • Julie Tippins

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • M Duddy

    Risk to human and animal health with chemical by-products.

  • Matthew Yarnall

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture  technology to two of its wood-burning units.  I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Melissa Roden

    Climate change is very concerning and I believe that any activities like this are dangerously increasing our carbon emissions and must be reduced/ stopped now. There are much more ethical ways to... Read more

  • Pat Bushell

    I want to object to Drax’s expansion plans because they are already burning wood from virgin forests abroad, and any expansion of this would make things even worse than they already are.

  • Sandra McKendrick

    Dear Sir/Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development... Read more

  • Tim Andrews

    Dear Sir / Madam, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Tim Beecher

    I have to say the whole concept of burning swathes of woodland to produce national energy is frankly crazy in the midst of a biodiversity and climate emergency, not to mention the toxic impacts on... Read more

  • William Reynolds

    Dear Planning Inspectors, I wish to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable... Read more

  • Andrew Johnson

    I am writing to object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I am objecting because the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined in the... Read more

  • Anne Stewart

    Burning trees, destroying habitats and already being given 2 million pounds a day in subsidies to do this is already unbelievable. Drax needs to be closed down, not expanded. Climate change is real.... Read more

  • Anthony Hay

    Dear Planning Officers, I strongly object to Drax adding carbon capture tech to its wood burning plant. Please do not give planning permission for Drax to expand in this way. My objections are: 1. I... Read more

  • Digby Christmas

    I object to Drax’s application to add carbon capture technology to two of its wood-burning units. I object because I believe the proposal is not a sustainable development as defined in the National... Read more