Australia: Climate activists shut world's largest coal port

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Source: Reuters

50 protesters disrupt operations at 3 Australian terminals
Australian climate change activists Sunday closed down operations at the world's largest coal port after entering its three terminals and attaching themselves to loaders, the terminal operator and the protesters said.

The action by climate change group Rising Tide in Newcastle stopped operations at all three terminals operated by Port Waratah Coal Services, which normally run continuously, a company spokesman said.

Asked if all operations at the facility had been halted due to the action, a company spokesman told Reuters: "Yes, that is correct. All operations have temporarily stopped."

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Spokeswoman Annika Dean said nine protesters attached themselves to infrastructure, calling it an "emergency" action to highlight climate change, which she blamed for recent fires in Russia and floods in Pakistan.




Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39362517/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

[kristopher]

1. Kick and recommend

[flyarm]

2. hell here they would have been arrested by the FBI before they could ever protest!

and been treated like enemy combatants..and a certain segment of democrats would be cheering it on!

[cory777]

3. K AND R

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4. Protesters shut down Port of Newcastle (updated with video)

It took the Police Rescue Squad around 10 hours to remove all the activists from Newcastle's three coal terminals.
(AAP: Conor Ashleigh)

Australian climate change activists paralysed the world's largest coal exporting port for five hours by breaking into the site and chaining themselves to machinery, officials said.

Police have arrested more than 40 environmental activists who broke into several coal terminals at the Port of Newcastle in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.

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Seven men and two women were charged with trespassing and will face court next month.

video under the picture
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/26/3022246.htm?section=justin

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5. As far as I'm concerned they are heroes. nt

[Odin2005]

6. YAY! Coal is evil!