Bloomberg: In a sloping field near the village of Hoo, 30 miles east of London, environmentalists with dreadlocks, lawmakers and academics are protesting plans to build the U.K.’s first new coal-fired power plant in 30 years. E.ON AG, Germany’s largest utility, proposed replacing the existing Kingsnorth station at the site in Kent with a more efficient, $2.9 billion model. The new plant may be equipped with experimental technology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions blamed for global …

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