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Environment

Protesters From Across the Country Join Wise County VA Residents to Oppose Coal Plant’s Impact on Environment and Health and to Demand a Clean Energy Future

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 15, 2008
4:00 PM    CONTACT: Rainforest Action Network
Common Dreams

WISE COUNTY, Va. – September 15 – At 6 a.m. this morning, approximately 50 peaceful protesters entered the construction site of Dominion Virginia’s (NYSE: D) Wise County coal-fired power plant. Nearly 20 protesters locked their bodies to eight large steel drums, two of which have operational solar panels affixed to the top that illuminated a banner reading, “renewable jobs to renew Appalachia.” In addition to those locked to the construction site, more than 25 protesters from across the country convened in front of the plant singing and holding a 10’x30′ banner which read, “we demand a clean energy future.” Continue reading Protesters From Across the Country Join Wise County VA Residents to Oppose Coal Plant’s Impact on Environment and Health and to Demand a Clean Energy Future →

Climate Change, Environment

Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law

The Independent

By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
Thursday, 11 September 2008
The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday. In a verdict that will have shocked ministers and energy companies the jury at Maidstone Crown Court cleared six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage. Continue reading Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law →