Six environmental activists accused of causing criminal damage at a coal-fired power station in Great Britain have been acquitted because their defence of preventing more greenhouse gases was accepted.
The six Greenpeace campaigners climbed a 200-metre chimney at the Kingsnorth power station, in an attempt to shut it down. In their defence they brought in Nasa scientist James Hansen who said building coal-fired power stations would not help the fight against climate change.
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