Mobilization for Climate Justice

Archive for April, 2009

Today community in North Carolina engage in civil disobedience to prevent the construction of coal fired facility.

This morning, the

Police said 114 men and women were arrested in Sneinton Dale on suspicion of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass and criminal damage.

Officers said they believed those arrested were planning to protest at nearby Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station.

Police said equipment including bolt-cutters was found and they feared a threat to the safety of the site.

A police spokesman said it was thought there was a “serious threat” to the coal-fired power station, which is eight miles south-west of Nottingham. Read the rest of this entry »