Open letter to Ed Miliband, Labour Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, from 41 groups says wood-burning biomass plants are putting forests and biodiversity at risk. More than 40 green groups have called on Miliband to scrap plans to pay billions in subsidies to the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire for it to keep burning wood pellets imported from overseas forests. …groups from across Europe and the US say they are “deeply concerned” about the UK government’s plans to foot the cost of extending the subsidy scheme, which supports the UK’s most polluting power plant from 2027 until the end of the decade. …“These power stations are burning trees from some of the world’s most biodiverse forests in the southern USA, Canada and Europe, with devastating impacts on communities, wildlife and the climate. This puts at risk forests and wildlife in many of our countries,” the letter says.