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People vs coal

Posted by Lawrence Carter — 23 September 2014 at 2:39pm - Comments
Activist with a bag of coal from the train, with address label to Vladimir Putin
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Coal ready to be returned to sender

BREAKING: More than 50 people have stopped a train carrying coal to Cottam power station and are now unloading its climate-wrecking cargo. The train, transporting around 1,500 tonnes of coal to be burned in the power station’s furnaces, was flagged down safely this afternoon as it approached the power station.

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John Sauven, Greenpeace UK executive director and Emma Thompson, Oscar-winning actress, from the People’s Climate March London

Last edited 21 September 2014 at 1:20pm
21 September, 2014

John Sauven, Greenpeace UK executive director, is at the People’s Climate March today, alongside Oscar-winning actress, screenwriter and author Emma Thompson.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, coal, emma thompson, People's Climate March, Save the Arctic

Ban Ki-moon receives names of six million people calling for protection of the Arctic

Last edited 19 September 2014 at 10:32am
19 September, 2014

New York, 19 September 2014 - In advance of the UN Climate Summit in New York, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accepted a six million signature petition from Greenpeace calling for long term protection of the region [1].

Article tagged as: arctic, Arctic Declaration, ban ki-moon, climate change, Save the Arctic

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