rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/say-no-to-new-ai-data-centre-powered-by-drax?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-say-no-to-new-ai-data-centre-powered-by-drax' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Stop Burning Trees Coalition https://actionnetwork.org/groups/stop-burning-trees-coalition https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/568/412/original/Data_centre_petition_image_(1200_x_630_px).png Drax, the University of York and the North Yorkshire Combined Authority have just submitted a bid to host an AI data centre at Drax, powered by burning millions of trees. The Government recently decided to extend subsidies for Drax’s tree burning from 2027-2031, with the promise that Drax would be burning half as many trees. If Drax’s bid is accepted, we will see Drax burning just as many if not more trees than before, at the expense of forests, communities and our planet. The Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is currently considering this bid, with priority given to ‘clean energy’ projects. Drax Power Station does not provide low-carbon electricity generation; it is the UK’s biggest single carbon emitter and world’s biggest tree burner. Help us make it clear that the future is not in burning forests for energy and that there is nothing clean or green about Drax. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/say-no-to-new-ai-data-centre-powered-by-drax