Climatic activists “without coal, no gas” are guilty for the protest of the Newington Station Banner

PortSmouth-climatic activists accused last year for a protest in Newington Station, they all said guilty of charges this week, seven months after throwing a “gas, gas” banner from 175 meters from the gas factory smoker.

The five defendants in a regional initiative avoided the trial in Portsmouth District Court and were ordered to pay fines under the Class B crime charges.

In August 2024, the five protesters – Elliot Cooper, Lena Greenberg, Nathan Phillips, Leif Taranta and Talia Trigg – were arrested by Newington police for hanging the banner. The banner noted the regional organization’s plan to plead for all fossil fuel breaks in New England to be permanently closed.

All five were initially accused of criminal offenses, according to state judicial documents. They pleaded guilty for accusations of class B class offenses and paid a total of $ 2,976 in fines.

Taranta is an organizer with the center of climate disobedience.

“We are proud to be part of a resistance community, especially when the people responsible for how the electricity is made and delivered to us, the law enforcement, and the courts retain priority to the corporate profit for our collective well -being,” Taranta said in a statement prepared after pleading.

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The five defendants are represented by lawyer Kira Kelley, staff lawyer for the climate defense project, a free legal assistance service for climatic activists and moves in Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Washington State and Washington DC, Washington DC DC

Kelley has previously represented the defendants affiliated with the movement “without coal, without gas”, including some of the group of 60 additional protesters arrested at the Coal Power station in Merrimack in Bow in 2019.

“As I suspected based on experiences with” no charcoal, no gases “, these five individuals were attentive to their impact on each other and the community, they engaged in their legal procedures and with a great customers to work,” Kelley said in a statement.

Clean energy is the goal for protesters

The movement “without coal, without gas” seems to have peak plants like Newington Station, transformed into clean energy sockets.

“Although the environment, public health and climatic damage caused by fossil fuels become clearer year by year, corporations such as Newington Station continue to operate without any end,” Phillips added in his own statement. “I am dedicated to continue to build a community with those who refuse to accept that status quo and show instead what is possible, working on the transition of each fossil power plant in New England to a healthy, accessible and reliable energy.”

Newington Station, part of the Power portfolio in Granit Shore, is a 400 megawatt power plant on Gosling Road. The power officials from the Granite Shore have not responded to several comments requests.

Stop coal installations have been announced last year

In 2024, Granite Shore Power announced the Merrimack station and the Schiller station in Portsmouth has gradually removed and closes In a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency. The two facilities are the latest coal factories operating in New England.

The Schiller station, opened in 1949, was not used in 2020. The Portsmouth plant is planned to be transformed into a battery energy storage system, known as Jacon II. The future name of the installation is a tribute to the 396-meter Jacona ship, a non-propelled floating power barge, which is not propelled by itself, once anchored at the Schiller station to provide energy on Portsmouth lands.

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This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: The protesters “without coal, without gas” are guilty of the sign of Newington Station