[imc-sheffield] Fwd: Start Page Special: Leave it in the Ground: Drax Coal Train Halted

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Hi

I'll tick Sheffield on this if nobody objects:

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Hi

Following a chat in IRC a new start page special have been
posted about the action today that halted a Drax coal
train:

  Leave it in the Ground: Drax Coal Train Halted

  Protestors have halted a coal train carrying fuel for
  Drax power station in Yorkshire, the single biggest
  source of CO2 in the UK. The protest comes six weeks
  before the 2008 Camp for Climate Action at Kingsnorth
  power station - which will also highlight how using coal
  to supply energy will be a disaster for the planet.

  Dressed in white overalls and canary outfits, they used
  safety signals to stop the train on a bridge overlooking
  the power station, before climbing on board and dumping
  coal off onto the tracks.

  The train has been stopped on a branch line used
  exclusively for delivering coal to Drax. Protestors have
  used a network of climbing ropes to suspend themselves
  under the bridge from the train - meaning any movement
  while the protest continues is impossible.

  Meanwhile the UK Government has "eviscerated" the
  Climate Change Bill and abandoned 2°C maximum target for
  global temperature rise.

  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401022.html

It will need fleshing out as reports come in and in
addition it would be good if we could draw together some
of the analysis articles on climate change C02 and coal to
flesh out the last sentance in the above article.

Chris

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