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Protests against trains that fuel a power station

PROTESTS took place along a railway line between Liverpool and a Yorkshire power station today against the burning of wood to generate electricity.

Drax power station in North Yorkshire used to be the biggest coal-fired power station in Europe – and the worst polluter.

Two of its three generators have now been converted from burning coal to wood, while the Drax group is also going over to gas-fired energy production.

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