Busy day for activists, quiet day for coal

Merrick Oct 26, 2009 13:18:05

At 4.30am activists occupied Didcot power station near Oxford, one group shutting down the coal conveyor belt, another scaling the chimneys and abseiling into them so they can't be used.

The station is owned by N-Power who, now that Kingsnorth's been shelved, are front-runners for building new coal stations in the UK.

Didcot is N-power's flagship UK coal station in the UK, emitting nearly 10 million tonnes of CO2 a year. The folks occupying it say they have supplies to last them 'weeks, not days'.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/440632.html

A couple of hours later, work was stopped at Mainshill coal mine in Lanarkshire, site of the UK's anti-coal protest camp (see U Know News section)

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/440639.html

A couple of hours after that, people shut down an open cast coal mine at Shipley in Derbyshire.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/440632.html

It produces coal destined for E-On's power station at Ratcliffe on soar, which itself was the target of a thousand-strong protest ten days ago.

bladup Oct 27, 2009 02:36:14

Replying to Merrick

i believe a new power station is been built [replacing old one?? ] near newark in nottinghamshire, i wish all reponsible would just die!!!

pooley Oct 27, 2009 12:17:11

Replying to Merrick

Merrick wrote:

At 4.30am activists occupied Didcot power station near Oxford, one group shutting down the coal conveyor belt, another scaling the chimneys and abseiling into them so they can't be used.

The station is owned by N-Power who, now that Kingsnorth's been shelved, are front-runners for building new coal stations in the UK.

Didcot is N-power's flagship UK coal station in the UK, emitting nearly 10 million tonnes of CO2 a year. The folks occupying it say they have supplies to last them 'weeks, not days'.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/440632.html

A couple of hours later, work was stopped at Mainshill coal mine in Lanarkshire, site of the UK's anti-coal protest camp (see U Know News section)

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/440639.html

A couple of hours after that, people shut down an open cast coal mine at Shipley in Derbyshire.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/440632.html

It produces coal destined for E-On's power station at Ratcliffe on soar, which itself was the target of a thousand-strong protest ten days ago.

I drove by at around 11am - seemed to be all working, smoke from every chimney sadly

ron Oct 30, 2009 03:29:58

Replying to Merrick

Merrick wrote:

At 4.30am activists occupied Didcot power station...

and thusly joining the domestic extremist database...

y'all kidz remember to cover up... tattoos... piercings... hair colour... uknow?

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ratcni01 Oct 31, 2009 12:13:07

Replying to Merrick

Astounded me to hear that there are no coal power stations using clean coal technology. Apparently the kit to do this has been built on an expermental basis but never at a commercial level.