Posted by jossc — 14 March 2008 at 6:39pm
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The anti-coal storm gathering around the head of Business Secretary John Hutton, the government minister championing new coal-fired power stations, is growing daily. Latest to weigh-in on the side of reason are the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
As you can see from the following quote, they are less than impressed with Hutton's stance;
If the UK government must use coal, the dirtiest fuel source there is,
then it must also wait until CCS facilities are up and running. There
is no rationale for using coal again until its climate damage can be
contained.
Posted by jossc — 14 March 2008 at 4:18pm
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Five of the 'Kingsnorth Six' at the top of the 200m chimney
Today five six of our
volunteers faced their first court hearing over the shutting down of one of Britain's dirtiest power stations, at Kingsnorth
in Kent, last October. They pleaded 'not guilty' at Maidstone Crown Court to charges of criminal
damage and trespass. The charges relate to climbing a 200m smokestack on the site
and painting a message to the prime minister - "GORDON BIN IT" in huge
letters down the side. They took action because the government is
considering considering proposals for a new generation of coal-fired
plants.
Posted by jossc — 10 March 2008 at 6:06pm
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John Hutton, the man responsible for Britain's
energy policy, gave his explicit support this morning for a new generation of
coal-fired power stations.
Choosing the stormiest day of the year so far to deliver a speech to members of
the right-wing think-tank the Adam Smith Institute, the Secretary of State for
Business flew a dangerous kite when he insisted that coal has a "key role" to play in energy
provision, and accused anyone who disagreed with him (that's us, folks, along with Prince Charles, Al Gore, the head of NASA, opposition parties and thousands of others) of playing "gesture politics".
Find out why a new generation of coal-fired power stations would undermine –
perhaps fatally – Britain's chances of meeting its climate change targets, and what the
real solutions to climate change and energy security are.
Posted by jossc — 5 March 2008 at 11:50am
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Kingsnorth in Kent is to be the main focus of this year's Camp for Climate Action. From 4th to 11th of August climate activists will gather at the site of E.On's proposed new coal-fired power station, the first to be built in the UK for 30 years.
Posted by bex — 14 February 2008 at 6:09pm
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Blimey.
First Al Gore, then Nasa's top scientist and now Prince Charles.
Yep, Charlie has joined the clamour against new coal and, while he didn't go as
far as Gore and call for "rings of young people blocking bulldozers," he did
stand up in front of the European parliament and ask:
"Can we really understand the
dynamics of a world in which energy and food security will become real issues
for everyone? ... Can we possibly allow twenty years of business as usual before
coal powered generation becomes clean? Are we truly investing enough in
renewable energy?"
Prince Charles today raised
serious doubts over proposals to build new, conventional coal fired power
stations like one currently being considered by the government at Kingsnorth in
Kent.
Posted by bex — 12 February 2008 at 11:09am
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Jubilant climbers on top of the chimney at Kingsnorth power station in October
I've been so busy with the launch of EfficienCity (our blueprint for a climate-friendly town) that I haven't had a chance to update you on all the goings on in our coal campaign since we delivered our alternative energy speech at the government / industry shindig last Wednesday.
On Friday morning, listeners of Radio 4's Today programme heard a withering attack on the proposed new coal plant at Kingsnorth from top Nasa scientist (and the world's most
eminent climate scientist) James Hansen. The plans for the UK's first new coal plant in 30 years were, he said, a "terrible idea" which “will destroy the efforts of
millions of citizens to reduce their carbon emissions”.
