Lone XR Protestor Stops Wrong Train
A protestor trying to stop a train bound for Yorkshire’s Drax Power Station stopped the wrong train.
Extinction Rebellion protester, Diana Warner, who is understood to have been expected in High Court today, instead attempted to halt wood pellet train going to Drax Power Station outside Selby at 9am on Tuesday.
However Warner, dressed in bright orange hi vis and carrying a orange flag, flagged down a train that was part of Drax’s network but not carrying wooden pellets.
Warner is understood to have participated in a number of Insulate Britain protests around the motorway network surrounding London earlier this year.
A Drax spokesperson confirmed to The Yorkshire Post that the train impacted was not carrying pellets but that a different train was temporarily halted.
She said: “This wasn’t one of our biomass trains as the protestor claimed. It was an empty train which was travelling to Drax, which was scheduled by Power Minerals to collect ash from the power station. Power Minerals is an independent company which markets Drax ash, a by-product of power generation, for use in construction materials (aggregates, breeze blocks etc etc).”
“We understand that the protestor handed herself in to a Network Rail representative admitting trespassing on the track. Everyone has the right to peaceful protest but trespassing on railway lines puts the safety of train staff, as well as the protestors themselves, at risk.”
“Drax Power Station generates renewable power for millions of homes and businesses. Since converting our power station to use sustainable biomass instead of coal, we have slashed our emissions from power generation by 90 percent – helping the UK’s electricity system to decarbonise faster than any other major economy.”
Regarding her motivation for taking such drastic action, Warner has said: “I am willing to give up my freedom, and my house. These are all the material things I have. But there is everything to lose, if we lose the very fabric of our society, our economy, and such loss is what we’re heading for right now.”
See more here: yorkshirepost.co.uk
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Howdy
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“This wasn’t one of our biomass trains as the protestor claimed….”
Trees are not biomass in the sense that they are meant for burning wholesale. All it does is waste the natural planet and promote increased C02 due to less of them. Still, I guess that’s the idea.
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Carl
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“….use sustainable biomass instead of coal….slashed emissions from power generation by 90 percent….” And where do Drax get their woodchips from? They are shipped from Canada for burning in the UK. That’s hardly ‘slashing’ emissions.
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very old white guy
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I would not stop a train for a fool with a flag unless I received the information on the radio from whatever they call the main control point in the country.
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James
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The problem with trees is that they keep growing. So what do we do with them once they get so big they risk falling on us and our house? They also throw shadows on my solar panels and windows, reducing the energy I get from the sun. So I wait til they do fall or have to be cut down for safety reasons, and burn them. It’s called recycling. No transport smoke or costs, no coal, oil or gas dug out of the ground, reduced expenses and chopping, sawing and lifting keeps me fit. Isn’t it about time we got real rather than just criticising based on political prejudice?
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