Will EDF become the Barbra Streisand of climate protest?
▻http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/25/edf-west-burton-streisand-effect
Last week the operator of the power station – EDF, largely owned by the French government – announced that it is suing these people, and four others, for £5m. It must know that, if it wins, the protesters have no hope of paying. It must know that they would lose everything they own, now and for the rest of their lives. For these and other reasons, EDF’s action looks to me like a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation – a SLAPP around the ear of democracy.
