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Drax insiders privately raised concerns over its sustainability claims, court papers show

The Guardian Environment2/4/2026

Summary

Senior executives at Drax raised internal concerns about the validity of the company's sustainability claims, according to court documents. This comes as Drax publicly denied allegations that it was cutting down primary forests to fuel the UK’s biggest power plant, amidst claims in a BBC Panorama documentary that it burned wood sourced from “old-growth” forests in Canada.

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Lindy Score Breakdown (V4.2)

13d
Age
1
Sources
from cluster
300
Hours Since Seen
Final Score0/100
CategoryAntiLindy
StatusArchived
Recency Multiplier1% (0.5^300/48)
Hero EligibleNo
Score is 0 because recency decay (0.5^300/48 = 0.013139) reduced it below 0.5

Score BreakdownRisk 35

Source Reputation: Moderate trust (8/20 pts)
Consensus: Single source - no independent confirmation yet
Age: 12 days - proven survivor

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