was first developed.” Similar concerns have A Government spokesman been raised over the trees said: “We are totally commit- used to make pellets in the ted to eliminating our contri- US and Canada which are bution to climate change by then shipped to be burnt in 2050, which is why we only the North Yorkshire power support biomass which com- plant. [...] A spokesman for Drax said: The energy company “Drax’s world-leading bio- receives £2.3 million a day in mass sourcing policy ensures green subsidies from the that the biomass we use to Government on the basis that generate 12 per cent of Brit- the trees are a renewable ain’s renewable electricity source because they are meets the highest sustaina- replanted. [...] otherworldliness in a winter Fungi provide food and garden scene.” shelter for animals, help The fungi being employed plant roots absorb water and include oyster mushrooms, nutrients, and ward off pests coral tooth fungus and tur- and diseases, the RHS told The Times. [...] crimes in the first year after It is believed to be the first the child’s birth than those to prove a causal connection who had girls, with the dif- between parenthood and ference increasing in the criminality, as well as the subsequent five years. [...] influence that an offender While the probability of a can have in encouraging boy’s father committing a their friends and peers on a crime was 12.5 per cent, in the criminal course.
- Pages
- 1
- Published in
- United Kingdom
