Simon Childs

4 weeks ago | novaramedia.com | Simon Childs

The huge sums of money greenwashing power plant Drax spends on buffing its image and cosying up to politicians have been revealed, as an executive let slip that the relationship between the company and civil service is a “revolving door”. A messy employment tribunal between Drax – a supposedly renewable power plant in north Yorkshire which burns trees processed in poor Black communities in the US – and its former head of public affairs and policy, Rowaa Ahmar, has come to an end.

1 month ago | novaramedia.com | Simon Childs

Police spent over £3m and deployed over 1,000 officers from nearly every force in the country in order to arrest 24 climate activists, Novara Media can reveal. In August 2024, as the country was gripped by far-right riots, cops swooped on activists planning to hold a mass protest camp near Drax – a power station in north Yorkshire accused of greenwashing.

1 month ago | novaramedia.com | Simon Childs

A supposedly renewable energy company dealt with a whistleblowing employee by trying to make her sign a non-disclosure agreement and leave, then by freezing her out, then by sacking her, an employment tribunal has heard. The claims have been made by the lawyers of a former employee of Drax, who tried to raise her concerns about the company’s environmental credentials. Drax owns the UK’s largest biomass power plant in north Yorkshire, which has long been accused of greenwashing.

1 month ago | novara.media | Simon Childs

A supposedly renewable energy company dealt with a whistleblowing employee by trying to make her sign a non-disclosure agreement and leave, then by freezing her out, then by sacking her, an employment tribunal has heard. The claims have been made by the lawyers of a former employee of Drax, who tried to raise her concerns about the company’s environmental credentials. Drax owns the UK’s largest biomass power plant in north Yorkshire, which has long been accused of greenwashing.

1 month ago | novaramedia.com | Simon Childs

Police-worn bodycam footage shows that police arrested an anti-monarchy protester even though they knew he had done nothing wrong, campaigners say. After a two and a half year legal pursuit, Thames Valley Police has finally admitted it was wrong to arrest a man who shouted “Who elected him?” at a royal event in September 2022. 45-year-old Symon Hill was arrested, hand-cuffed and bundled into a police van after he called out at the county proclamation ceremony for King Charles in Oxford.