Stade

My next stop was Stade, where they are now battling three proposed coal fired power plants. All the political parties, except the Greens, are in favour, believing they will bring jobs to the area. In reality of course, renewable energy could provide far more jobs, but the politicians are lobbied heavily by the energy companies, which include Eon, who were also attempting to build a new coal-fired plant at Kingsnorth just to the east of London.

I speak at a meeting with members of BUND (Friends of the Earth) Stade, and the group fighting the coal plants , with journalists from both local newspapers in attendance.