Environmentalists protest at Australian coal plant
By | Published: October 31, 2008
Reuters: Environmental activists chained themselves to a conveyor belt at one of Australia’s largest coal-fired electricity plants Saturday to protest slow government action on climate change, a spokeswoman said. Four protesters from the group Rising Tide, three men and one woman, carried out the action at the Bayswater plant north of Sydney, Rising Tide spokeswoman Georgina Woods told Reuters. Police were at the scene and had detained approximately 25 other protesters, Woods said, …
Environmentalists protest at Australian coal plant
Reuters: Environmental activists chained themselves to a conveyor belt at one of Australia’s largest coal-fired electricity plants Saturday to protest slow government action on climate change, a spokeswoman said. Four protesters from the group Rising Tide, three men and one woman, carried out the action at the Bayswater plant north of Sydney, Rising Tide spokeswoman Georgina Woods told Reuters. Police were at the scene and had detained approximately 25 other protesters, Woods said, …
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