http://planestupid.com/taxonomy/term/294/all en http://planestupid.com/blogs/2013/02/23/big-business-sue-climate-activists <div class="field field-type-emvideo field-field-video"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="emvideo emvideo-video emvideo-youtube"><div class="emfield-emvideo emfield-emvideo-youtube"> <div id="emvideo-youtube-flash-wrapper-1"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/9kTZgMIn4Go&amp;rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;playerapiid=ytplayer&amp;fs=1" id="emvideo-youtube-flash-1"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9kTZgMIn4Go&amp;rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;playerapiid=ytplayer&amp;fs=1" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"/> <param name="quality" value="best"/> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/> <param name="scale" value="noScale"/> <param name="salign" value="TL"/> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> </object></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>No Dash for Gas, a group of activists who closed down an EDF gas-fired power station for a week last October, are being sued for £5 million by EDF. </strong></p> <p>Joss Garman from Plane Stupid said,</p> <p><em>“I hope all the people living near an airport are concerned about this attack on the right to protest – if companies bring million pound law suits against activists, then people whose homes are threatened will have one less tool to defend themselves, and the legal system will shift even further in the favour of corporate money. </em></p> <p><em>If this had been going on five years ago, there’d be a third runway at Heathrow by now and probably a second one at Stansted.”</em></p> <p>No Dash For Gas website:&nbsp;<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.nodashforgas.org.uk/">www.NoDashforGas.org.uk</a></p> EDF No Dash For Gas Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:42:06 +0000 Joe 1341 at http://planestupid.com