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EDF drops lawsuit against environmental activists after backlash

2013-03-13 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The energy company EDF has dropped a 5m civil lawsuit against a group of 21 activists who occupied one of its gas-fired power plants for a week in October 2012, in a move described by supporters of the demonstrators as a "humiliating climbdown". EDF faced a strong public backlash against its civil suit, which was described by opponents as an attempt to undermine peaceful protest in the UK, after details of the action were published in the Guardian. The parents of one of the activists launched...

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