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| Greenpeace Vandals Acquitted After NASA's Hansen testifies |
| 2008-09-11 |
| The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday. In a verdict that will have shocked ministers and energy companies the jury at Maidstone Crown Court cleared six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage....During the eight-day trial, the world's leading climate scientist, Professor James Hansen of Nasa, who had flown from American to give evidence, appealed to the Prime Minister personally to "take a leadership role" in cancelling the plan and scrapping the idea of a coal-fired future for Britain.... The acquittal was the second time in a decade that the "lawful excuse" defence has been successfully used by Greenpeace activists. In 1999, 28 Greenpeace campaigners... were cleared of criminal damage after trashing an experimental field of GM crops in Norfolk. In each case the damage was not disputed – the point at issue was the motive. [The US doesn't have the "lawful excuse" defense but we do have gullible juries] |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #12 From Al Guardian: British Energy, which is 35% owned by the government, operates one coal-fired and eight ageing nuclear power stations, including Hinkley Point, Torness and Dungeness. Together, they produce one sixth of Britain's electricity. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-09-11 21:40 |
| #11 Questions 1 does Britain have any nuke powr plants? 2 What is Britian going to do without Electrical power? 3 Do environmentalist morons plan to run Megawatt Generators by turning giant cranks? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-09-11 19:05 |
| #10 They did well with a gullible jury. Let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-09-11 18:24 |
| #9 Who is going to pay for the damage? Wake up, Brits, it's you! |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-09-11 17:25 |
| #8 So who is going to build England's next power plant? Or other factory? |
| Posted by: DoDo 2008-09-11 17:22 |
| #7 tipover...he will not be fired. Under a trunk administration it would look like retribution. The donks worship him. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-09-11 17:19 |
| #6 Anymouse, I would prefer he be fired but I figure a resignation might give cover to his supervisors (probably politicians) for their management incompetence and cowardice for not firing him sooner. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-09-11 16:55 |
| #5 So you can break the law because of the threat of global warming is so great? Yeah, that's gonna work out well for society. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-09-11 16:14 |
| #4 tipover...Hansen's credibility is shrinking. Only the ecozealots worship him anymore. He has been caught fudging data, lying about techniques and algorithms, and abusing his position for political and personal gain. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-09-11 15:46 |
| #3 Why hasn't there been a full review of his work; followed by his resignation. Why hasn't there been a tar and feathering? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-09-11 14:42 |
| #2 "the world's leading climate scientist, Professor James Hansen of NASA" Why hasn't there been a full review of his work; followed by his resignation. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-09-11 14:28 |
| #1 The world has gone mad. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-09-11 14:26 |