Blockade Australia: anti-coal activists vow more disruption despite warnings of 25-year jail sentences
by Elias Visontay from Environment | The Guardian on (#5S0C4)
Climate activists have used their bodies, rope and glue as part of destructive action' to block part of the coal supply chain in the Hunter
Two climate activists shut down activity at the world's largest coal port on Wednesday morning by climbing on top of machinery at the Port of Newcastle and pressing an emergency safety button, bringing the export of coal to a standstill.
As scary as [the police] might be, as scary as taking action which might ostracise you from certain communities might be, it's not as scary as the future we are heading to," one of the protesters, 21-year-old Hannah, said.
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