http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/1332/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2010/07/23/earth-hour-hazelwood-protest-charges-dropped <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Victoria Police have withdrawn charges made against climate protest organiser Damien Lawson only days before they were due to go to trial on Friday 23rd July.</p> <p>The charges were laid after Mr Lawson, Coordinator of the Victorian Climate Action Centre, was arrested during an Earth Hour protest at the controversial Hazelwood power station.</p> <p>One of Australia's most eminent climate scientists Professor David Karoly was intending to give evidence at the trial outlining the harm caused by the power station. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria">Victoria</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/hazelwood">Hazelwood</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/earth-hour-protest">Earth Hour protest</a></div></div></div> Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:37:41 +0000 Flowerpower 1493 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal