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Dr James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard institue for space studies, and one of the world's leading authorities on climate change, came to Kent this week to give evidence to the trial of the Kingsnorth 6. Hansen told the court that emissions from Kingsnorth led to damage to property worldwide, as well as the extinction of species and the creation of climate change refugees. Gordon Brown, he said, should announce a moratorium on all new coal plants without carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Today James Hansen spoke with local campaigners Andy Rogers and Luke Evans, both members of the local anti-Kingsnorth group called Kingsnorth Climate Action Medway (KCAM), in Maidstone.

Here's what was broadcast last night at 7pm, online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00d6thl (10 minutes in).

The scene: Ruth Archer is telling her husband David about what she found when snooping around in their teenage daughter's bedroom.

Ruth: Well...it's probably nothing but...I needed a bit more washing to make a full load, so I went into Pip's room to see if she had anything...
David: What - filed on the floor?
Ruth: ...and there was a leaflet on her desk.
David: What sort of leaflet?
Ruth: It was about a sort of "direct action" camp.
David: Oh!
Ruth: Protesting against a proposed new power station.
David: And...you thought...
Ruth: Well, I just hope Pip isn't thinking about joining it.
David: Has she said anything?
Ruth: Well, no, but you know what she's like at the moment.
David: (Deep sigh) Ah. Well. Let's ask her about it, get it out into the open.

GASP! To be continued tonight at 7pm.

Six campaigners from Greenpeace will be appearing at Maidstone Crown Court for the start of a trial centring around Kingsnorth, coal and climate change.

In October last year, they took a personal stand to protect the environment and climbed to the top of the smokestack at Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent.

Now, the Kingsnorth Six (Ben Stewart, Emily Hall, Huw Williams, Kevin Drake, Tim Hewke and Will Rose) are being prosecuted for criminal damage and trespass.

Find out more and get updates from the Greenpeace website.