Kingsnorth protester diary: Lego and Latin America

                   
guardian.co.uk     08-Aug-2008            

The Camp for Climate Action is staging a week-long protest against plans to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. Activist Alex Harvey will be giving us her view of what's happening on the ground Friday: Day five of the Climate Camp 2008 There's been a fair amount of giggling at the Kingsnorth Climate Camp today, at news that the world's smallest campaigners scaled Kingsnorth's smokestacks yesterday ... Bizarrely, at Legoland in Windsor, there's a replica of Power Station Enemy Number 1 alongside Big Ben and Canary Wharf - one of the perks for E.ON of sponsoring the theme park. Six teeny Lego activists appeared at the top of the Lego replica of Kingsnorth at around 11am yesterday, before unveiling a banner saying "stop climate change" down the length of the tower. Lego police were in attendance at the... [read full story]                    

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Climate Camp - R4 - Simon Lewis debates Kingsnorth with a Chemical Engineer

indymedia.org.uk     07-Aug-2008          

Excellent summary of the (non-)debate over the proposed Kingsnorth power plant. Kingsnorth debated On 2 August, as the Camp for Climate Action began to get under way, Radio 4’s flagship news programme, Today, held a debate on...                    

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World's smallest campaigners scale Kingsnorth smokestack

indymedia.org.uk     07-Aug-2008          

Lego activists shut down coal-fired power station. E.ON’s replica of the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station has been occupied by one inch tall climate change campaigners. The drama unfolded at the Legoland park in Windsor –...                    

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Kingsnorth protester diary: Latin American passion

guardian.co.uk     08-Aug-2008          

The Camp for Climate Action is staging a week-long protest against plans to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. Activist Alex Harvey will be giving us her view of what's happening on the ground Friday:...                    

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Kingsnorth climate camp: Police and protesters prepare for action at coal power site

guardian.co.uk     08-Aug-2008          

Police and demonstrators expect clashes tomorrow as 1,400 officers from 26 forces try to prevent up to 2,000 climate change activists from closing down the Kingsnorth coal power station, run by energy company E.ON in Kent. The...                    

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Police braced for climate camp clash

guardian.co.uk     08-Aug-2008          

Kingsnorth climate camp: Police and protesters prepare for action A protester wearing a caricature of prime minister, Gordon Brown, is searched by police at the climate camp near Kingsnorth power station in Kent. Photograph:...                    

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Minister defends push for coal power

guardian.co.uk     08-Aug-2008          

A dramatic warning that "all is lost on global warming" unless the world finds a new clean coal technology in the next few years has been made by the UK energy minister, Malcolm Wicks. He insists in a Guardian interview that...                    

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UK energy minister, Malcolm Wicks, tells Patrick Wintour why Britain should press ahead with...

guardian.co.uk     08-Aug-2008          

A dramatic warning that "all is lost on global warming" unless the world finds a new clean coal technology in the next few years has been made by the UK energy minister, Malcolm Wicks. He insists in a Guardian interview that...                    

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