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On the Books: Drax the Destroyer of 'Guardians of the Galaxy' gets his own comic book
2015-04-28 00:29:40| Toys - Topix.net
Drax the Destroyer of Guardians of the Galaxy will now have his own comic book, Marvel Entertainment announced at the C2E2 comic book convention in Chicago. Drax will be co-written by former professional wrestler CM Punk and will follow the superhero from "the intergalactic octagon to the far reaches of outer space," according to Marvel.
United Kingdom: Court of Appeal ruling deals blow to Drax biomass plans
2014-08-07 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: High-profile plans to convert the UK's largest coal-fired power plant to run on biomass are once again facing an uncertain future, after the Court of Appeal ruled that operator Drax would not be able to take advantage of a new subsidy contract for one of its two proposed biomass conversion projects. Shares in Drax fell more than 10 per cent this morning, after the Court reversed a previous High Court ruling that had said the company was eligible for early support under the government's new Contract...
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United Kingdom: The bonfire of insanity: Woodland shipped 3,800 miles and burned in Drax power station
2014-03-15 20:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: On a perfect spring day in the coastal forest of North Carolina I hike along a nature trail - a thread of dry gravel between the pools of the Roanoke river backwaters. A glistening otter dives for lunch just a few feet away. Majestic trees soar straight and tall, their roots sunk deep in the swampland: maples, sweetgums and several kinds of oak. A pileated woodpecker - the world's largest species, with a wingspan of almost 2ft - whistles as it flutters across the canopy. There the leaves are starting...
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Drax coal case shows police cannot be trusted investigate themselves
2014-01-29 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It was an interesting day in the Court of Appeal last week. Twenty-nine of us had our convictions for obstructing a train carrying 42,000 tonnes of coal to Drax power station overturned after the judge ruled that crucial evidence about the role of undercover police officer Mark Kennedy had been withheld. This latest chapter in the undercover policing revelations shows that issues of transparency, accountability and fairness remain absent from the UK's secret police force currently operating...
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Drax opens new coal-to-biomass conversion project in UK
2013-12-10 01:00:00| Power Technology
UK coal-fired power producer Drax has opened a new coal-to-biomass conversion plant as part of the 700m planned conversion program.
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