Picture: Shut Down Kingsnorth

Protesters at the Climate Camp in Kingsnorth, Kent may have began leaving. About 1,500 people were stationed at the site, which is about two miles from the power plant on the Hoo peninsula, for the last week. 50 Activists were arrested on Saturday by police as they tried to breach the complex. The police operation on the site for one week is believed to have exceeded several million pounds.

The current Kingsnorth power station is due to close in 2015 and E.On wants to replace it with two new coal units, which it claims will be 20% cleaner, but still 80% dirty. Its proposals, which would see the first new coal-fired power plant being built in the UK for 24 years, have already been approved by Medway Council but the government will make the final decision about the project.

Activists have vowed to return to the power plant if the decision is approved.

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