Climate activists met NSW MPs arriving at State Parliament for a caucus meeting with christmas cheer and lumps of coal on Wednesday 17 December.
The coal signified the government’s addiction to coal, the number one cause of global warming.
Recently the NSW government signed an aggreement to build another coal loader at Newcastle to double the amount [...]

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Six Degrees have shut down a queensland coal port with direct action today.  See Brisbane Times article for more…

Two protesters have been arrested after shoving their hands into a conveyor belt loading coal onto a Taiwanese ship set to leave Brisbane this morning.
The pair were among four protesters who jumped the fence at the Queensland [...]

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A string of protests have erupted across the country in angry response to the Federal Government’s announcement on Monday that Australia would only cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 5 and 15% by 2020. At the same time, a coalition of over 60 Australian environment and community groups have united to condemn the Rudd’s announcement of what amounts to an ineffectual greenhouse reduction target.

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The Brisbane-based community group Six Degrees launched the Coal Communities Listening Project on 17th November in Gladstone. The Listening Project is an innovative investigation of the social, economic and environmental effects of the coal industry on the lives of everyday Queenslanders, by everyday Queenslanders.

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