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[Greenpeace UK blogs] Coal ship 3 Around midnight three of my colleagues eased themselves off one of the Greenpeace inflatable speedboats and into the cold water of the river Medway in Kent. It's difficult to imagine what must be going through your mind in .

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[Greenpeace UK RSS] Coal protesters board cargo ship | Greenpeace UK: Campaigners from Greenpeace have boarded a ship delivering coal to the Kingsnorth power station in Kent. 22 Jun 2009 The vessel was targeted as it sailed up the River Medway, with reports of people swimming in front of the ship to stop .

[New Article Sources News] New Article Sources News - Five arrested after protesters board ...: A second woman was arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. A statement from the force read: “Kent Police received reports of Greenpeace protesters boarding and attempting to impede the berthing of a coal vessel .

[Newsmedian.com | News around the World] Coal protesters board cargo ship | Newsmedian.com | News around ...: Kingsnorth has been at the centre of a climate change row after the plant’s owners, E.ON, announced plans to build a bigger coal-fired power station to replace the existing facility.

[Greenpeace UK RSS] Miliband coal consultation - Greenpeace response | Greenpeace UK: "The fact that there is even a consultation on coal is welcome, given that this time last year policy was being decided by myopic ministers in thrall to regressive civil servants, but Ed Miliband needs to go further. His proposed policy leaves us with the threat of a massive new coal plant at Kingsnorth that would only capture and bury a quarter of its emissions and pump out six million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year, making it the dirtiest new power station built in Britain for decades."

[Untitled] Miliband coal consultation - Greenpeace response | Stop Climate ...: Equally, Sir Martin Rees, President of the prestigious Royal Society, wrote to the Energy Minister saying, "I (therefore) suggest that the government only gives consent to any new coal- fired power station, such as Kingsnorth, on condition that the operating permits are withdrawn if the plant fails to capture 90% of its carbon dioxide emissions by 2020. This would send a clear policy signal to industry of the need to develop and deploy CCS as quickly as possible" (4).

[Greenpeace UK - Oceans] If only it was as easy to move government as it is to move ...: Burning coal is the most polluting way to produce electricity ever invented so its almost unbelievable that the Government is thinking of building more climate-damaging coal power stations instead of shutting down the ones we already have. Professor James Hansen of NASA has said that if Kingsnorth is built it would result in hundreds of species of plants and animals becoming extinct around the world.

[World/AP] Environmentalists board coal ship to stop it from unloading at ...: Campaign group Greenpeace said Monday morning that nine protesters climbed aboard the ship sometime around midnight as it traveled along the River Medway to the Kingsnorth Power Station in Kent, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of London.

[The Greenpeace weblog] Greenpeace - Making Waves: Swimming towards a coal ship ...: Around midnight three of my colleagues eased themselves off one of the Greenpeace inflatable speedboats and into the cold water of the river Medway in Kent.

[Greenpeace UK RSS] Yorkshire says no to new coal: The decision on a new coal power station at E.ON's Kingsnorth facility in Kent is still expected later this year - the current rumour is around June but as with all government pronouncements you should take that with a very large pinch .

[Greenpeace - Making Waves] Greenpeace - Making Waves: Watch the Nick Broomfield film about ...: If you're in the UK, we would like to invite you to join thousands of people on July 4th to form a human band around Kingsnorth power station in Kent and show your opposition to dirty new coal. The event is being organised by Oxfam and includes a diverse range of communities and organisations such as Christian Aid, People and Planet, the Women's Institute, the World Development Movement, National Union of Students, Woodcraft Folk, RSPB and, of course, us.

[Alexander51's Blog] Coal averers council cargo ship « Alexander51's Blog: A police narrative interpret: “Kent Police accepted mentions of Greenpeace averers counciling and attempting to block the berthing of a coal tube at Kingsnorth talent occupation in Kent. Climate Camp”Averers benefited ribs (unmitigated inflatable boats) and furthermore enroled the moisten in order to council and obviate the coal tube from flowing presence.

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