Climate Camp 2010 - Community direct action to say no to Bayswater B

Over 150 people have pushed over a fence and entered onto land adjacent to the Bayswater coal-fired power station.

They are blockading the coal-laden trains entering the power station -- Australia's single largest source of carbon pollution.




Twelve people have attached themselves with a device to the train tracks. Police indicate all 150 will be arrested. One person has already been arrested for trespass.

Hundreds of other people concerned with the health, environmental and social impacts of coal in the Hunter are gathered nearby in support of the protestors.

Climate Camp Spokesperson Naomi Hogan is on the train tracks and available for interview. Ms Hogan says, "150 people will now be arrested to show the strength of our conviction that we will not allow Bayswater B to be built. We know that if we build Bayswater B, pollution will double, water impacts will double, and health concerns will double.

Hunter resident Ann Hodgson says, "As a local grandmother, we respect and support the action taken today to protect our community and our climate. We do not want new coal - today's arrests express that in no uncertain terms."

www.climatecamp.org.au

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[beno7398]

That thing at the end say "so exciting" Lol well you must have a boring life.

Too bad if a train came around that track with a brake failure. You would be all gone.

That would actually help the world.

[beno7398]

I remember this day. I drive coal trains and thanks to these idiots I got the biggest bludge day ever. Sat around at Mount Arthur mine for hours with our feet on the dashboard watching movies. We told control that the cow catcher on the front of the train would take care of these people on the track, but he wouldn't let us leave, so instead they had to send a few 4WD's from Newcastle to get us so we could go home. So TBH this protest fucked the earth up more If CO2 is bad.

Too bad it's natural.

[joerussia3]

Amazing, here we are, living in the 21st century, living off of 20th century technology. Religion and oil hu?

Goes hand and hand

[Adirtybird]

@en6209 The facts you dickheads don't want to know about because without all of this BS you would have no axe to grind and would find out how shit your life really is.

Fact. Modeling software flawed and has been conclusively wrong for the last 11 years.

Fact. NASA has addmited their satelites have been uncalibrated all along.

Fact. IPCC climate gate.... need i say more.

Don't forget to vote green again...

[en6209]

@agstnr

What Facts? From the telegraph.

Ignorant idiot.

Don't forget to vote liberal again.

[en6209]

@Adirtybird

Ignorant Cock Sucker

Go off and read your telegraph.

[Pothisant]

How stupid are we as a civilization that we run largely on fossil fuels? Herp derp.

[agstnr]

@BlueyM That is exactly what you are all about. Bringing us back to the dark ages. I bet you are all anti nuclear too. Proving you really don’t believe that we need urgent action but you just hate progress. BTW the ONLY thing that proves that C02 is bad is climate models run on computers. These need electricity. But real actual data proves AGW is false. It is really just a religion for you guys. Now go have a bath and read some actual FACTS and challenge yourselves.

[teyesahr]

@every climate denier -- stop watching Fixed News, it's bad for your "brain"... which is that gooey thing that is currently dripping out your ears, damaged from watching too much TV and reading ignorant blog posts online.

[shaunmurray7]

I was there & it was bloody great. Maximum respect to the organising crew. As we heard from some of the locals (including coal miners), there are many reasons why a large portion of the local community is opposed to the expansion of the coal industry in the Hunter Valley.