Returning from the climate camp in Kent, singer Theo says he’s been inspired by what he sees as “the birth of a new climate change movement”, following a week of discussion and protest action at Kingsnorth, where the government plans to build a new coal-fired power station.
It was cancelled just after I turned off the A303 on to the only road in and out of the site. A road that is over a mile long and which had to be cleared in order to begin the process of evacuation.
Media in Wales predicted a summer of Climate Change protest actions, as singer Theo joined protestors and locked onto machinary at the Aberthaw coal-fired power station near Cardiff. The blockade of the power station on April 3rd followed a similar action at Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal-mine near Merthyr Tydfil on Fossil Fools Day April 1st. The protests were to highlight the apparent hypocracy of the UK government, which claims to be taking climate change seriously, while approving new coal-mines and coal-powered power stations.
Singer Theo was arrested while blockading the Gate to the Faslane Trident submarine base on Tuesday. He had joined the 2nd "Power Of The Word Blockade" with other performers and writers supporting the Faslane 365 campaign to close the nuclear misslie facility..
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