Greenpeace activists have just closed Australia’s most polluting powerstation
Breaking news from Greenpeace Australia:
This morning, Greenpeace activists entered the Eraring power station in the Hunter Valley, Australia’s largest and most polluting coal-fired power plant, and have locked on to coal conveyors, shutting down supply of coal to the plant! 12 Activists are locked on, and another 15 have been taken into police custody.
There are live updates here.
Photo Credit: Greenpeace Australia
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July 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 am
Hopefully a jail cell will await them, sans power.
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Here is the antidote to Greenpeace activists: http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=hhstuvzMiB0
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Well said BP, if we were to go trespassing pretty much anywhere we’d be straight off to a police cell, but somehow the Greens (note, a political party in parliament) think this illegal activity is ok in this instance because it happens to involve an evil coal fired power plant.
July 4th, 2008 at 12:56 am
dear Mr Dennis
Greenpeace does not equal Green party,
any more than
Business Roundtable equals ACT party.
BTW, I don’t notice Frog expressing any opinion about the Greenpeace video or the actions he links to. Unless you are implying he is guilty simply by association….
July 4th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Also, frog is NOT the Green party Mr Dennis!
July 4th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
I feel the need to set a few facts straight.
BluePeter, why would you wish the activists to find themsleves without power? The action at the dirtiest power station in Australia stopped greenhouse pollution from entering the atmosphere for 6 hours, but it didn’t interrupt the electricity supply beacuse there is surplus capacity in the grid. Furthermore, the point of the action was to draw attention to the fact that power stations like Eraring can be responsibly phased out and replaced with renewable electricity generation and still provide Australia’s energy needs. The problem is that many people are still in the dark about the fact that renewables can do the job and we don’t need to produce carbon emissions to power our homes and industries.
Mr. Dennis, your comment implies that you think that Greenpeace activists who break the law are not sent “straight off to a jail cell”, but of course this is not true. The point is that these people are prepared to take the heavy consequences of making their voices heard and standing up for their right to a safe future. Perhaps such dedication to the welfare of our future generations should be applauded instead of shouted down simply because it involves breaking the law?
July 4th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I feel the need to set a few facts straight.
BluePeter, why do you wish the activists do be denied of power? The action on Australia’s dirtiest coal-fired power station stopped it from emitting greenhouse pollution for 6 hours, but it didn’t interrupt the electricity supply, since there is a surplus in the grid. Furthermore, the point of this action was to highlght the fact that old, dirty power stations like Eraring can be responsibly phased out in a transition to a clean, renewable energy supply. Unfortunately, many people are still in the dark about the fact that renewable energy can do the job and that we don’t need to burn carbon emissions to power our homes and industries.
Mr Dennis, your comment implies that you believe that Greenpeace activists who break the law are not sent “straight off to a police cell”, but this is of course untrue. The point here is that these people are willing to take the heavy consequences of standing up for their right to a clean, safe environment. Perhaps their bravery and dedication to the welfare of our future generations should be applauded rather than shouted down simply because it will incur heavy legal penalties for the people involved?
July 4th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
You tell ‘em Isobel !
” … these people are willing to take the heavy consequences of standing up for their right to a clean, safe environment. Perhaps their bravery and dedication to the welfare of our future generations should be applauded rather than shouted down … ”
I, for one, am grateful for their courage and commitment.
eredwen
July 5th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Good points everyone. StephenR and Jingyang: I tend to equate frog’s views with those of the Green party as whoever frog is they must be reasonably trusted to stick to the party views or they wouldn’t be running a blog on the party website, and in this case I made the assumption that this action had their approval. You are right however that this is not necessarily a good assumption, I will try to avoid it in future.
July 5th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
You’d probably be right 95% of the time…