Climate Activists Disrupt Australian Power Plant

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Climate Activists Disrupt Australian Power Plant

AUSTRALIA: November 10, 2008

CANBERRA - Protesters forced the evacuation of an Australian power station on Friday, attempting to chain themselves to a coal conveyor-belt and ratchet up pressure on an industry blamed for half the nation's greenhouse gas emissions.

The incident, the latest in a series of environmental protests against Australia's coal-fired power stations and coal export industry, disrupted production at the state-owned Tarong power station in northern Queensland state.

"Australia's greenhouse pollution is rapidly increasing, and our addiction to coal-fired power is the main cause," protest spokeswoman Clare Towler told Australian Associated Press.

Australia, the world's biggest coal exporter, produces about 1.5 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for global warming. But it is one of the world's highest per-capita emitters due to a reliance on coal for 80 percent of electricity.

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