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Activists from the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior enter the pier outside Kingsnorth Power station in Medway, Kent. A nine-boat protest armada led by the Rainbow Warrior headed for Britain's most controversial power station, carrying dozens of campaigners who intend to enter the site at Kingsnorth in Kent. Enlarge Image

Armada of activists descends on Kingsnorth

A nine-boat protest armada led by the Rainbow Warrior has arrived at Britain's most controversial power station with dozens of activists from around the world filling the jetty at the plant in Kent.

Greenpeace activists hung a banner that read "The Government against Kyoto" on Enel's new coal fired power plant in Civitavecchia. Enlarge Image

Activists urge Italy to quit coal

Activists from our ship the Arctic Sunrise have been putting coal in the hot seat from both land and sea in Italy. Five of them scaled a 150 metre crane at the new coal-fired power plant Civitavecchia, near Rome to drop a banner highlighting the fact that the Italian government opposes the Kyoto Protocol. Meanwhile another five activists painted, “No Carbon” and “Quit Coal” in giant letters on the power plant’s dock from an inflatable boat.

Greenpeace activists paint the slogan 'Quit Coal' in English and Spanish onto the side of the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship from Colombia to Spain. The action was in protest against the Spanish government for causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply. Enlarge Image

Activists board coal shipment in Spain

At 2am this morning, four Greenpeace activists boarded the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship importing coal from Colombia into Spain. Activist painted “Quit Coal” on the side of the ship as it entered Gijon, one of the biggest coal harbours in Spain.

Activists board one of the world's largest coal platforms at Botas Oil Terminal, stopping barges from importing coal to the Sugozu (Isken) coal fired power plant. Enlarge Image

Coal shipment stopped in Turkey

Four climbers from our ship the Rainbow Warrior were arrested yesterday, in Turkey, after they occupied a giant coal loading platform to prevent a delivery of coal to the giant Sugozo coal-fired power station, one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. After 11 hours blocking coal coming off the “Global Winner” (“Global Warmer” more like), a South African cargo ship, they were forced down by police using high-pressure water hoses. The four climbers and their support team have now been released and are facing the prospect of heavy fines for their actions.

Israeli Marine forces board the SV Rainbow Warrior at the military restricted area near the coal plant in Ashkelon, Israel. 14 Greenpeace activists were later arrested and taken into custody after protesting against the Rotenberg coal power plant construction. Enlarge Image

Rainbow Warrior raises a reaction for the climate in Israel

The Israeli police, supported by the navy, arrested the captain of the Rainbow Warrior - together with 14 Greenpeace activists, the photographer and the videographer - for passing on the message to “Quit Coal”. Activists had been painting the message, in English and Hebrew, on a ship importing coal to the Ashkelon power plant in Israel. Police boarded the Rainbow Warrior before we had even started the painting.

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