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| Greenpeace campaigners have staged a dawn protest at a power plant which could be the site of Britain's first new coal-fired station for 20 years. | |
| Up to 60 activists said their aim was to take the Kingsnorth plant, near Rochester, in Kent, off the National Grid as part of Monday's action. | |
| E.ON UK confirmed there were protesters at the gates and inside the facility, but insisted it was still operational. | E.ON UK confirmed there were protesters at the gates and inside the facility, but insisted it was still operational. |
| Kent Police said police negotiators were at the scene. | |
| There was also reportedly a police roadblock near the site. | |
| Protesters chained | |
| E.ON UK has announced plans to build two new coal units at Kingsnorth, saying they would be cleaner than the current ones with "state-of-the-art technology" reducing carbon emissions. | |
| Greenpeace said more than 13,000 objections had been sent to Medway Council, but "in the next couple of weeks the decision will go to Gordon Brown". | |
| The climate campaigners said their message to the prime minister was: "Don't bottle it on climate change." | |
| They scaled fences at the site just after 0500 BST on Monday. | |
| One protester, 22-year-old Joss Garman from north London, said he and others had climbed up coal conveyors, pressed the emergency stop buttons and chained themselves to the belts. |