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Environmental activists protest against coal-fired power station

Updated on 03 August 2008

By John Sparks

Hundreds of environmental activists join a protest against plans to build the first new coal-fired power station in Britain for 30 years.

Hundreds of environmental activists have joined a protest against plans to build the first new coal-fired power station in Britain for 30 years.

Campaigners marched to the Kingsnorth power station in Kent to begin a week long 'Climate Action' camp outside the site. They claim it could pump out eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

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