Greenpeace campaigners block coal delivery to Kingsnorth

Last night Greenpeace volunteers boarded E.ON's moving bulk freighter Sir Charles Parsons, carrying thousands of tonnes of coals to restock the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station. They intercepted the freighter using rigid inflatable speedboats just after midnight as the ship sped up the River Medway towards Kingsnorth, then attached climbing ladders to the vessel and scaled the 15 metre hull. Three teams comprising nine people succeeded in boarding the ship.They have scaled the ship's huge funnel and the towering foremast, and are demanding that the cargo turns back.

The ship is now docked at the Kingsnorth quayside, but no coal has yet been unloaded. The intention is to delay the offloading of the coal cargo for as long as possible. Police are on the scene and have already made six arrests, but we still have four volunteers aboard with enough food and water to stay for several days, if necessary.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• greenpeace
• coal
• kingsnorth
• climatechange
• EON

[komtasu]

global temp ature not risen for the last ten years.If they got what wanted ie no electricity they would harp on about the co2 emissions off the candles.

[GreenpeaceUK]

@komtasu Er, sorry but the "global temperature has not risen for the last ten years" is just plain wrong - it's based on a misinterpretation of the data that, strangely enough, only climate change sceptics seem to make. For accurate science based analysis of how the world is warming, google "new scientist global temperatures since 1998" - that should set you straight.

[WhiteGangster400]

You can thank these goofballs when your electric bill in the mail is skyhigh

[arsenalfc1978]

Greenpeace are pirates, Yours actions endangered innocent crew and ship in narrow waterways whilst in transit to Kingsnorth, should be ashamed of yourselves.

[cst20396]

Greenpeace, what a bunch of faggots, the conservative half of america should end you people one by one. Super lame video !!

[panther590]

you all climate change pirates i gotta better message " QUIT GREENPEACE" and leave those coal ships alone

[ejbh3160]

Yes there ARE... you just don't WANT to read them!

[WaffleMaster4]

there are NO conclusive documents that show global warming to be real.

[ejbh3160]

lol.. well if you care to look at my channel you'll see that I am perfectly aware of solar cycles.

But thats just part of it.. there's all our pollution too & there is NO HISTORICAL RECORD of 25 BILLION tonnes EXTRA being dumped in the atmosphere every year!

So how can ANYONE say it won't have an effect?? Its a global 'experiment'!

There are thousands of scientific documents that show conclusively that climate change is being driven by man's activities.. and there's your book.. tough choice.

[WaffleMaster4]

you should go read the book "An Inconvenient Book". it proves that global warming is not true. the co2 levels rise sometimes as much as 100 years after the temperature rises. the amount of solar activity matches EXACTLY with the temperature.