Coal Train Blockade Action in the UK

Activists filling coal sacks at Cottam power station train occupation.

Fifty Greenpeace UK activists stop a freight train carrying 1,500 tonnes of coal to Cottam power station in Nottinghamshire, as British Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to speak at the climate summit in New York on the 23rd September.

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Type: Image

Shoot date: 23/09/2014

Locations: Europe, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Credit line: © Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace

Size: 5472px × 3648px 2MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Coal Train Blockade Action in the UK

Fifty Greenpeace UK activists have stopped and occupied a freight train delivering 1,500 tonnes of coal to one of Britain’s most polluting power stations, as David Cameron attends a high-profile climate summit in New York later the same day.
The activists used industry-standard emergency signals to flag down the 400-metre-long coal train as it was slowing down along rail sidings leading to Cottam power station in Nottinghamshire. The main coal supply route to the plant, which is run by French energy giant EDF, has now been cut off.

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