The Coal Cleaners are a service recently contracted by E.ON to clean their coal. Using a mix of false capatalist solutions and good old fashioned elbow grease the cleaners went to work on May 1st, as part of the 
http://www.daysofclimateaction.org.uk/ . The cleaners are available for hire; look for them on http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/
http://www.daysofclimateaction.org.uk/ . The cleaners are available for hire; look for them on http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/
The Coal Cleaning Company launched their enterprise with E.ON as their first customer. According to the chatty cleaners, “There’s no mess too big! We make coal Fossil Fuel Fresh ™”.
The climate activists targeted E.ON for their promotion of ‘false capitalist solutions’ to climate change. E.ON is exploiting the idea of a future Carbon Capture and Storage system to justify building a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth - where the utopia of low-impact living // education // high-impact direct action that is the Climate Camp will spring up this August.
CCS requires up to 40% more coal per unit of electricity than coal generation without CCS. So more coal needs to be burnt; increasing the overall pollution caused. It also neglects to address the wider problems of over consumption or deal with coal’s other social and environmental impacts.
http://www.daysofclimateaction.org.uk/ 07880 937511 for national updates
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/
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The climate activists targeted E.ON for their promotion of ‘false capitalist solutions’ to climate change. E.ON is exploiting the idea of a future Carbon Capture and Storage system to justify building a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth - where the utopia of low-impact living // education // high-impact direct action that is the Climate Camp will spring up this August.
CCS requires up to 40% more coal per unit of electricity than coal generation without CCS. So more coal needs to be burnt; increasing the overall pollution caused. It also neglects to address the wider problems of over consumption or deal with coal’s other social and environmental impacts.
http://www.daysofclimateaction.org.uk/ 07880 937511 for national updates http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/ Ig.
ps : You can view this video using the free VLC player, available from
http://www.videolan.org/ .
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