by Jenni Horn

Activists occupied a building in Chatham this morning (Thursday) as part of a national day of action to save hundreds of environmentally friendly jobs.
Members of the group Kingsnorth Climate Action Medway invaded the SEEDA (South East England Development Agency) offices in Chatham Maritime at about 9am.
They occupied the lobby of the building after hanging banners from the balcony of the top floor.
Protesters built a mini wind farm on the development agency’s model of the Medway estuary.Paper windmills were handed to workers with a satirical guide on building windmills instructing SEEDA to cut up the contracts promising to give Vestas money for nothing.
Pressure is mounting on SEEDA to withdraw its offer of £3 million funding for Danish firm Vestas Technology.
Protesters want the company to allow its closed factory on the Isle of Wight to re-open to be used for turbine blade manufacture.
The factory closed to move production to America slashing 600 UK jobs.
The workers then occupied the factory and are demanding the Government take on the factory which is the only significant blade manufacturing plant in this country.
Anastazja Jarek, from Kingsnorth Climate Action Medway, said: “By failing to act on the closure of the Vestas Blades factory, and supporting a return to outdated
coal power (like E.ON’s Kingsnorth proposal), the Government is showing it currently has no serious commitment to building a low carbon economy or preventing
catastrophic runaway climate change.”
Police were informed at 9.15am.
A spokesman for Kent Police said a routine patrol was sent to the scene but officers were not required to retain a presence at the peaceful protest.