I agree. If these people put half as much effort into trying to help develop new cleaner resources rather than protesting and breaking into plants we would be in a much better position. Why dont all these protestors go get jobs, earn some money and help to develop new ways to produce clean energy.

CK, Tamworth, UK

If we did not have globle warming with a bit of carbon dioxide extra out there we would be heading into the next ice age remember winters after second world war.This is a big planet and extiction is game it likes to play.

sean, cardiff, wales

If green activists are prepared to guarantee that there will always be enough energy for our society, I am prepared to go along with them. Penalty for failure will be high if their policy leads to a collapse of society and fall in the lifespan of our people. What price are they prepared to pay?

Brian Lewis, Manila, Philippines

Here's the opportunity for the creation of several hundred jobs plus infrastructure. But it's blocked by the same people who will then complain about a lack of jobs and infrastructure. Coal energy is also blocked in America by the same people with the help of the gas industry - for CO2 reduction.

Zack, Roanoke, USA

the carbon dioxide we are emiting used to be in the atmosphere in the first place, did it not? hence the name fossil fuels?millions of years ago there was 10% co2 and life thrived, now we have less than 1% in the atmosphere, climate change happens, always has always will.arogant to assume otherwise

will, Grimsby, uk

how do the climate change protesters get to the protest?
do they walk?
thought not.

rob, ashbourne, uk

Send the Job Centre people round to them and they'd soon scarper

John, Salford, England

Just ignore them and get on with getting the energy we need. All this nonsense about man made climate change (I notice they don't talk so much about global warming) should be debunked.

IanB, Bristol,

The reason the Govt isn't encouraging investment in CCS is simply because they use the manmade GW mass hysteria as a way of taxing people and companies who emit CO2.
You can't tax a coal plant that uses CCS...where's the benefit in that!
You dont see them promoing electric car's do you?

Phill, The Wirral, England

£1.5bn for coal fired power stations.

Why not make it £1.6bn, and pour the extra £100m into carbon capture technology; which would mature pretty quickly with that kind of investment.

Tom Clark, Cambridge, UK

Climate change is a global problem. Demand for cheap energy from developing nations (china) is mind-boggling, and a large proportion is coal-based.

In that light, it makes a lot of sense to build a coal-fired station here; which can be used as a platform for maturation of carbon-capture technology.

Tom, Cambridge, UK

From what I have read and understand, "Climate Change" has been exaggerated beyond all measure and is just an excuse for making money for Al Gore and imposing even more taxes. No doubt CO2 has an effect but, really, how much?

Richard, Alicante, Spain

Haven't these people got anything better to do? Rather go off to Africa or Afghanistan and stop the murders by various governments of the citizens there.

Britain needs >(cheap) energy and the stopping of new nuclear power stations was bad enough by these short-sighted people.

B J Deller, Marbella, Spain

The new coal units will be replacements for the existing coal fired power station on the site. They will use "supercritical" technology and will be test beds for carbon capture apparatus.

Any latter day General Ned Ludd and his followers would be better employed elsewhere.

John, London, SE, UK