Protesters Convene in U.K. at Site of Planned 'Clean' Coal Plant. Edie.net, August 6, 2008. "Climate change campaigners have set up camp at the Kingsnorth power plant in Kent to protest about the UK's continuing reliance on coal. A follow up to last year's protests at Heathrow, which focused on the CO2 contribution of aviation emissions, Climate Camp 08 [which is organizing a 'mass action' on Saturday] seeks to turn public attention to the role of coal. Kingsnorth on the Hoo Peninsula has been chosen as energy giant E.On plans to demolish the existing coal-fired power station and replace a with a new, albeit more efficient, coal-fired power station. The planned power station would meet the Government's requirements for new coal generators to be 'carbon capture ready' -- a requirement lambasted by opposition MPs as effectively meaningless as large-scale carbon capture and storage is still many years off."
2008-08-07
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