Teenagers ‘well bovvered’ about new coal
The government may have a new hurdle in it’s plans for new coal: 1 million grumpy teenagers. A report by Future Foundation has found that a third of 16-19 year olds support ‘direct action’ against polluting power stations and nearly one in ten would take part in ‘Guerrilla activities’. That makes roughly 1 million teens.
A teacher who took part in this weeks protests a Ffos Y Fran open cast coal mine said: “I work with teenagers every day. I certainly wouldn’t want to deal with 1 million hormonal teens on a protest. I doubt the government has thought about this”.
The report paid for by the National Lottery claims “Some of them (16 to 19 years olds) would even go as far as acting against those who they feel are damaging the environment“. 33% would support “taking direct action against polluters” and 9% would support “taking part in guerrilla activities carried out by environmental protest groups”.
As the government’s plans for new coal unfold Britain’s vanguard of radical young people have an important role to play.
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