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http://www.flickr.com/photos/sitefeed/ Protestors have halted a coal train carrying fuel for Drax power station in Yorkshire, the single biggest source of CO2 in the UK. The protest comes six weeks before the 2008 Camp for Climate Action at Kingsnorth power station - which will also highlight how using coal to supply energy will be a disaster for the planet.
Dressed in white overalls and canary outfits, they used safety signals to stop the train on a bridge overlooking the power station, before climbing on board and dumping coal off onto the tracks.
The train has been stopped on a branch line used exclusively for delivering coal to Drax. Protestors have used a network of climbing ropes to suspend themselves under the bridge from the train - meaning any movement while the protest continues is impossible.
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Damn
13.06.2008 13:02
Nobody
good training
13.06.2008 16:57
chuffed
:-)
13.06.2008 17:11
moose
Respect!
13.06.2008 22:31
X
its ironic
14.06.2008 00:55
josh
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absolutely brilliant
14.06.2008 18:25
Attention to the severity of climate change is essential and these people are putting their necks on the line to do so. my hat is firmly off to you and all peaceful, intelligent, empassioned protesters who use direct action. You carried it off with military precision.
To the people who seem to be against this action, i'm baffled to know why you don't see that without people who are willing to break the law to try and improve ours and our grandchildren's lives, we would be a lot worse off than we are.
Please don't slag off the 'criminals' and activists that similarly stood up years ago to create your freedom to sit in your cosy home on the internet on your day off with a computer in front of you. If we all did that we'd have consumed the planet and each other a long time ago. And to the pigeon who doesn't believe CO2 causes climate change, i'm sure Bush would employ you to spread the word for him once he's finished in the white house, provided you can breath the air in Washington.
rant over.
WELL DONE GUYS!
EVERYONE I KNOW AND HAVE TOLD ABOUT THIS THINK YOU ARE AMAZING!
keiros
re: its ironic
16.06.2008 22:55
anti-scab
we need the coal and the jobs
21.06.2008 11:48
ex NCB/BRITISH COAL employee