The protester shut down the plant for several hours
Juliet Lamont and Kyle Magee shut down an Australian coal mine for several hours after chaining themselves to machinery
The pair, who belong to Frontline Action on Coal , used steel tubing to lock themselves to the machinery at the export terminal in Bowen. Flac says that Australia’s target of zero emissions by 2050 is not enough and companies and politicians are ‘greenwashing’, or giving a false image of how they are environmentally sound.Kyle Magee in a protest against the Australian government’s alleged inaction on climate change
‘In Australia this situation is particularly bad, so we are asking international governments to pressure Australia with trade sanctions and carbon tariffs.’supports HTML5 video Ms Lamont also called for Australia’s ‘untrustworthy’ government to be sanctioned by being shut out of COP26.
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