Drax Climate Change Protestors Fail
AT Leeds Crown Court, 22 climate change 22 activists are helping the jury to decide whether they had illegal stopped a train taking coal to Drax power station in North Yorkshire.
Dr Paul Chatterton, lead speaker of the defendants, tells the jury:
“UN statistics show that the amount of carbon produced by Drax was responsible for 180 deaths a year. Every minute we were on that train, we were stopping carbon emissions.”
Fact! And then the police arrive, in cars. And the lights go on in court:
In fact, Drax functioned uninterrupted during the 16-hour stand-off before police cut climbing bolts and locks attaching protesters to the train and bridge.
The case continues…
Posted: 2nd, July 2009 | In: Reviews Comments (3) | TrackBack | Permalink
