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World's smallest campaigners scale Kingsnorth smokestack

legoactivist | 07.08.2008 15:59 | Climate Camp 2008 | Climate Chaos

Lego activists shut down coal-fired power station.

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E.ON’s replica of the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station has been occupied by one inch tall climate change campaigners. The drama unfolded at the Legoland park in Windsor – sponsored by E.ON – where the Lego Kingsnorth is given pride of place next to Big Ben and Canary Wharf.

The Lego campaigners struck as hundreds of people gather at this year’s Climate Camp to protest the planned new coal plant at Kingsnorth in Kent.

The six campaigners appeared at the top of the construction at around 11am this morning, before unveiling a banner saying STOP CLIMATE CHANGE down the length of the tower. Lego police are in attendance at the foot of the tower, along with a Lego police helicopter.

E.ON proudly announced the construction of Britain’s newest coal-fired station at Legoland in 2006. The German utility giant is Britain's single biggest greenhouse gas polluter. The company is aiming to have Kingsnorth 2 built by 2012. Despite claims that the new plant will be more efficient, it is estimated that it will emit 8.4 million tonnes of climate changing pollutants every year, compared to the 8.7 million tonnes the existing plant releases annually, and nowhere near the 80% reductions needed to combat global warming.

Neither the campaigners nor the police would comment, because they’re made of Lego and therefore can’t talk.

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Haha yes!!

07.08.2008 16:06

Loving it

:-)


Great stuff

07.08.2008 17:11

Nice point extremely well made.

Ketlan
- Homepage: http://lancasteruaf.blogspot.com/


hehe

07.08.2008 19:12

hehe
Excellent

of course I assume they used superglue to attach themselves more permanently to the structure? :-)

sticky


Did you press release this?

07.08.2008 20:51

This is classic stuff the Metro and other free 'daily pictures' papers would just love.

Onlyme


Minifig

07.08.2008 23:06

Camp
Camp

Go minifigs go!

Are these the terrorists?


Covered by Metro!

08.08.2008 13:34

Page 4, today's issue.

Onlyme


Glad to see the lego people taking action on climate change

10.08.2008 02:37

Awesome action guys!

Lou


noice!!!

14.08.2008 06:10

great stuff. now if only the pollution was as harmless!

clare
mail e-mail: cdorey@yahoo.com


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