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Climate protests in the UK courts - timeline
2013-06-06 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: 2008 the Kingsnorth six Six Greenpeace campaigners were found not guilty of causing 30,000 of criminal damage to Kingsnorth power station in 2007 after arguing that they were legally justified because they were trying to prevent climate change causing greater damage to property around the world. This set a precedent in English law. 2009 the Drax 29 Convicted with obstruction for hijacking a train carrying coal to Drax power station in Yorkshire in 2008, they failed to convince the jury...
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