Activists from the Kingsnorth Climate Camp reflect on the successful first step in their campaign to prevent a new coal-fired power station being built in Kent.

Ninety percent of the costs of the heavy-handed policing at the Climate Camp are being paid for by the Government, local council sources have admitted this week [1].

The media team at the Climate Camp 08 describe how protesters evaded 26 Police forces to enter the site of Kingsnorth power station to act against the prospect of new coal.

Given how much CO2 you get when you burn coal, building a coal fired power station in the middle of a climate crisis would be really stupid. But down at Kingsnorth, that’s exactly what power company E.ON and the Government plan to do. Find out more at Climate Camp 08