From the top of the Didcot tower

© Greenpeace/Kate Davison

Twenty-five of our climate campaigners were arrested at 5.30pm, after spending two days occupying Didcot, Britain's dirtiest power station, succesfully cutting Co2 emissions by stopping coal from being fed into the facility. Their point? To show that there's cleaner, more efficient ways of generating energy - like decentralised energy.

Oddly enough, Tony Blair happened to be in the area, and was in a local ITV studio during the Didcot occupation. Greenpeace UK's chief media officer, Ben Stewart - on top of a smoke stack at Didcot Power Station, managed to question Blair on the government's stance on climate change and carbon emissions! And we've got a video of it...

Oddly enough, Tony Blair happened to be in the area, and was in a local ITV studio. Greenpeace UK's chief media officer, Ben Stewart - on top of a smoke stack at Didcot Power Station, questions Blair on the government's stance on climate change and carbon emissions.

Full story: Occupation of one of UK's biggest power station ends »

Power station occupation enters day two »

Earlier entry: Activists shut down UK's Didcot coal-fired power station »

The Solution: Decentralised energy »

Podcasts:

Greenpeace UK's chief webbie Tracy talks to two Greenpeace folk that have spent the night at Didcot Power Station.

Greenpeace UK's campaigns director Blake Lee-Harward talks about the over night occupation of Didcot Power Station » (2.6MB)



Ben Stewart's Greenpeace UK's chief media officer, talks about why he's on the smoke stack at Didcot, and what it's like being up there all night » (2.6MB)





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Didcot Coal Field

© Greenpeace/Kate Davison