Is climate action at a tipping point?
Tipping Point | 12.10.2009 13:00 | Climate Chaos | Energy Crisis | Social Struggles | South Coast | World
We’ve seen victory after victory this week and that’s just the major iconic battles. Not only have Eon and BAA thrown in the towel on Kingsnorth and Heathrows third runway, but also the rejection of the proposed agrofuels power stations Portland, Dorset and in Southall, Ealing last month.
Today we hear that the plug has been pulled on Hunsterson in Scotland. The proposals there were to build a 1,600 MW plant at next to British Energy’s nuclear plant and deep water port facilities. However the funders of the project have now pulled out.
“Due to the financial situation, which affects Dong Energy especially on the power production side – due to less sale and falling prices – Dong Energy has decided to strengthen its capital structure, which includes reducing investments in the coming years.”
Although the recession is obviously playing a large roll in all of this, it appears that the dominos are falling and climate activism reaching a tipping point in momentum. Lets hope we become unstoppable before catastrophic climate change does.
“Due to the financial situation, which affects Dong Energy especially on the power production side – due to less sale and falling prices – Dong Energy has decided to strengthen its capital structure, which includes reducing investments in the coming years.”
Although the recession is obviously playing a large roll in all of this, it appears that the dominos are falling and climate activism reaching a tipping point in momentum. Lets hope we become unstoppable before catastrophic climate change does.
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