Greenpeace Activists at Kingsnorth Power Station Thrown Out by Bailiffs

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In the early hours of this morning, after bailiffs served us a high court injunction from the quayside (presumably the "action" E.on had talked about earlier in the day), we pulled up our lines and left the jetty by Kingsnorth power station. We're heading, slowly, back to London.

It had been a busy evening at Kingsnorth. At around 10pm, the team battling with technical problems while occupying E.on's island came back to the boat to project images of climate change and the slogan 'Gordon bin it' from the bow.

When E.on realised what they were up to, they brought out two bulldozers to try and block the projector beam. Fun and games ensued. For several hours. We briefly managed to project the image onto Kingsnorth's chimney but, for most of the night, E.on's bulldozer had a bright, white "dirty e.on" blazed across its bucket. No matter which way it moved, the message was clear and eventually, E.on resorted to posting a man underneath the bulldozer, shining a torch at the message in an attempt to dim it. All highly symbolic (the lengths E.on will go to to hide the fact they're the UK's single biggest polluter) - or at least so it seemed to me after a very long day.

So, although we had to leave earlier than we'd hoped, we did achieve what we set out to: to communicate to E.on that there's huge opposition to their proposed new plant, and that we will stop it from being built. We have to. The fact that their response to a peaceful commemoration and vigil was to serve a high court injunction suggests that the message was received loud and clear

Environmental activists are preparing to spend a freezing night at Kingsnorth power plant in Kent after occupying part of the site in protest against the coal-fired power station. Six Greenpeace protesters plan to project images that show the impact of global warming on to the power station's 220 metre high chimney stack. The group objects to plans by owners E.ON to build a new coal-fired power station at the site.

The protest follows an "amphibious invasion" at Kingsnorth today by a group of boats led by Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior. Some 30 campaigners managed to board the jetty at the site and held a ceremony to remember the victims of climate change". Greenpeace claimed the police cut the mooring ropes of the Rainbow Warrior when it tried to pull alongside the power station. Kent police said they were monitoring the situation but no one had been arrested.

Ben Stewart, one of the six protesters who plan to spend the night at the site, said they had evaded a police boat trying to stop them. The six climbed a ladder to a small concrete island, which was then cut off by the falling tide. "No one can reach the ladder until the tide comes back in so we're safe until morning, unless they send a Chinook [helicopter]."