Greenpeace activists stop and occupy coal train
Fifty Greenpeace activists have climbed onto the open coal wagons, and have started unloading the train’s cargo - 1,500 tonnes of coal.
Fifty Greenpeace activists have climbed onto the open coal wagons, and have started unloading the train’s cargo - 1,500 tonnes of coal.
A group of climate change activists, who seized a freight train carrying 1,500 tonnes of coal in Nottinghamshire, have been detained by police, according to Greenpeace UK on twitter.
UPDATE 1/3: The team on board the coal train outside Cottam Power Station have now been detained by the police
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