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January 01 2009            Threat of global warming justifies breaking
the law
Michael McCarthy,  Environment Editor Independent.co.uk
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. Read more here
<http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/cleared-jury-de\
cides-that-threat-of-global-warming-justifies-breaking-the-law-925561.ht\
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