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| Environmental campaigners in a flotilla of boats, led by the ship Rainbow Warrior, have landed at Kingsnorth power station. | |
| Thirty activists on board nine vessels plan to occupy part of the site on the Hoo Peninsula, Kent, to hold a protest against climate change. | Thirty activists on board nine vessels plan to occupy part of the site on the Hoo Peninsula, Kent, to hold a protest against climate change. |
| E.On wants to replace the current power station with two new coal units which, it claims, will be 20% cleaner. | E.On wants to replace the current power station with two new coal units which, it claims, will be 20% cleaner. |
| Campaigners say coal should not be part of the UK's energy future. | Campaigners say coal should not be part of the UK's energy future. |
| The protestors carried 30 flags to represent the world's least-polluting countries, which they claim have the combined emissions of the new plant. | |
| Last month, six Greenpeace activists were cleared at Maidstone Crown Court of causing criminal damage during a protest at the power station in 2006. | |
| Greenpeace executive director John Sauven wrote a letter to Paul Golby, chief executive of E.On UK, informing him of their planned action. | |
| 'Commemoration service' | 'Commemoration service' |
| In the letter he said: "I am writing to inform you that our ship the Rainbow Warrior is now sailing towards your power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, where we intend to undertake a short and peaceful commemoration service at the site of your proposed new coal-fired power station. | In the letter he said: "I am writing to inform you that our ship the Rainbow Warrior is now sailing towards your power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, where we intend to undertake a short and peaceful commemoration service at the site of your proposed new coal-fired power station. |
| "We will be carrying flags representing 30 countries, the combined emissions of which are equal to the expected carbon dioxide emissions from the new coal power station that your company has applied to build and operate." | "We will be carrying flags representing 30 countries, the combined emissions of which are equal to the expected carbon dioxide emissions from the new coal power station that your company has applied to build and operate." |
| The current Kingsnorth power station is due to close in 2015 and E.On wants to replace it with two new coal units which, it claims, will be 20% cleaner. | The current Kingsnorth power station is due to close in 2015 and E.On wants to replace it with two new coal units which, it claims, will be 20% cleaner. |
| About 1,500 people took part in a week-long protest about two miles from the power plant in August. | About 1,500 people took part in a week-long protest about two miles from the power plant in August. |
| More than 1,000 officers from around the country were involved in policing at the camp. | More than 1,000 officers from around the country were involved in policing at the camp. |
| Of the 100 people arrested, 46 were charged with offences ranging from obstruction and public order offences to the possession of a bladed weapon. | Of the 100 people arrested, 46 were charged with offences ranging from obstruction and public order offences to the possession of a bladed weapon. |