Drax, the U.K. company that operates the world’s largest wood-fired power plant, recently made headlines when it said that it will stop using trees cut down in Canada as part of its feedstock. But the move, which has been hailed by some in the environmental community as a huge milestone, won’t make an iota of difference on the ground in Canada — or anywhere else for that matter. That’s because Drax is both a major consumer and producer of wood pellets, which are burned like coal, natural gas and oil in thermal power plants around the world to produce electricity. …The company will shift to sourcing those pellets from elsewhere. …One consequential but almost completely ignored aspect of the Drax story is that “switching” from coal to wood hasn’t made so much as a dent in global demand for coal — or greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, worldwide use of both wood and coal continues to rise.