The first ever Fossil Fools day has been given a terrific christening today with the launch of EV-EON Unnaturally Carbonated Water. This innovative new technology will be used at E.ON’s Kingsnorth Power Station and used to capture the carbon dioxide given off by the burning of coal.The carbon di-oxide is then bubbled through fresh spring water from nearby Kingsnorth Hills to create carbonated drinking water which is bottled and sold in Italian restaurants. Every time you drink a bottle of EV-EON you are helping to store all that climate changing gas - the more you drink, the more you store the more coal we can burn. Although consumers are reminded to drink responsibly and refrain from burping or breathing other wise they may be responsible for climate change.

EV-EON was officially launched on the South Bank today under the London Eye and Big Ben where the public was treated to free bottles of EV-EON water.Photos of the event are attached.Behind this stunt there is a very serious message. E.ON and the Government are presenting CCS as a sort of fossil-fuel Holy Grail. The trouble with CCS is that no-one knows when - if ever - it will be commercially available. At the moment there are only a few small scale demonstration plants.

The theoretical possibility of CCS is being used by government and industry as a wedge to drive through new coal fired power stations in the UK. Kingsnorth 2, and others like Tilbury, Blyth, Ferrybridge, HighMarnham, Longannet and Cockenzie, would each emit millions of tons ofCO2 and would NOT be CCS plants for decades, if at all.In the coming months John Hutton will decide whether to permit Kingsnorth or hold a public inquiry.

This stunt aims to bring CCS out into the public and prompt a public debate about what it really is; greenwash so good you could bottle it.

Please visit our website <http://www.ev-eon.com> to watch our fantastic animation - you will really laugh.

For more details please contact Ian Duff on 07879880864

Editors notes: * April Fools day is being marked around the world as Fossil Foolsday to raise awareness about the recent renaissance of fossils fools and in particular coal in the UK. * E.on claims that Kingsnorth 2 will be CCS ready and as such theg reenest coal fired power station ever. However in reality we are still decades away from developing CCS and there are no guarantees that itwill be commercially affordable. * The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has admitted that CCS “may never work” and John Hutton, UK Business Minister, has said that “CCSis as yet unproven technology and we have to acknowledge there is some risk that safe and reliable CCS for power generation might not be proven or deployable at scale and at reasonable costs.” ( in Parliament, 10 January 2008_ * Despite these concessions CCS is still being used to justify the expansion of the coal fired power station, as with Kingsnorth and potentially with another 6 stations also awaiting approval. * Who are we? Just a group of concerned individuals, brought together by last summers Climate Camp at Heathrow with a shared belief that we must do more than sit around waiting for the Government to take leadership. website now live www.EV-EON.com