Australian climate camp a raging success

This weeks rash of protests in Newcastle, Australia, have served to draw the public eye towards the shocking contribution of the coal industry to climate change. From July 10-15, over a thousand citizens, activists and environmental organisations have been holding a series of educational forums, practical workshops and direct actions to highlight the urgent need to end coal mining and export and turn to sustainable energy and lifestyles.

Police and coal executives were predicting confrontations over the proposed blockade of a coal train in Sunday http://www.climateimc.org/en/breaking-news/2008/07/09/police-overkill-da...

However, two non-violent direct actions to stop coal trains went off without a hitch, and people locked onto both coal trains and a conveyor belt at Carrington coal terminal. 41 people were arrested in all.

In related actions, Greenpeace activists scaled a smokestack at SwanbankB power station north of Brisbane with four arrests, and 27 were arrested at a lock on action at Eraring power station south of Newcastle.

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