Coal train stopped by activists protesting federal approval of NSW mine extensions
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Rising Tide protesters have climbed onto a coal train near Newcastle, calling for the federal government to reverse its approval for three coal mines to extend their operations for another three to four decades.

In short:

A group of Rising Tide protesters have stopped and climbed onto a coal train at Sandgate near Newcastle.

The group is protesting over federal approval of three coal mine expansions in NSW.

The company behind one of the expansions says it will support hundreds of regional jobs.

  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Federal Labor Hunter MP and former coal miner Dan Repacholi said the government’s decision to approve the mine extensions was necessary to get renewable projects off the ground.

    “Coal mining produces the power, produces the steel, to make these renewable projects actually happen,” he said.

    “Without coal, they will never ever happen.”

    What a load of bullshit.