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Drax coal hijackers fail to re-create Kingsnorth verdict

08 September 2009 •

Verdict could impede calls for direct action by the likes of Al Gore and Jonathan Porritt

A group of environmental protesters has failed in its attempts to justify the hijacking of a coal train under the same terms that were applied to similar direct action at the Kingsnorth power station....

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