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Newcastle: activists blockade coal terminal in response to Copenhagen failure

Submitted by takver on Sun, 20/12/2009 - 1:18pm

Forty climate activists have closed down the rail line into the world's biggest coal port this morning, (Sunday December 20) protesting the failure of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen to produce a just, effective, and legally binding treaty.

Twenty five of the diverse group - aged from 19 to 86 years and including a Buddhist priest, and an elected local councillor - are occupying a rail bridge in Newcastle, Australia, and refusing to leave. They have hung large banners reading "Greed wrecked Copenhagen: Now it's up to us all", and "You could have done something great."

Geography: 
Newcastle
Keywords: 
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Brisbane: Coal 1, Planet 0 - time to take action on climate

Submitted by takver on Sun, 20/12/2009 - 1:11pm

Friends of the Earth Brisbane have taken action to highlight the climate failure in Copenhagen with banner drops in Shopping Malls and on bridges along the Brisbane River on Saturday 19 December, and imploring community members to take action.

Banners were hung from Victoria, Goodwill and Kurilpa Bridges, inside Queens Plaza shopping centre, in Indrooroopilly and in Ashgrove.

Geography: 
Brisbane
Keywords: 
direct action
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