{"id":31897,"date":"2016-03-30T14:23:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T03:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=31897"},"modified":"2019-04-16T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T03:31:15","slug":"coal-train-delayed-for-6-hours-due-to-leadblockade-civil-disobedience-reports-takvera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/coal-train-delayed-for-6-hours-due-to-leadblockade-civil-disobedience-reports-takvera\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal train delayed for 6 hours due to #leardblockade civil-disobedience reports @takvera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coal train halted at Willow Tree. Photo: Frontline action on Coal\/Twitter<\/p><\/div>\n

The Leardblockade continues with more coal trains being stopped from transporting coal from Whitehaven and Idemitsu mines to Newcastle port for export in an act of peaceful civil disobedience.<\/p>\n

Environment Officer Anisa Rogers (23), student Linah Winoto (20) and Horticulturalist Jim Kremar (33) occupied a coal train locomotive, stopping all coal trains from reaching the port of Newcastle, shutting down the coal transport line for 6 hours.<\/p>\n

Front Line Action on Coal spokesperson, Jason McLean, said of the action that \u201ccivil disobedience would not stop until the Government puts the well-\u00adbeing of its citizens ahead of that of big business.\u201d<\/p>\n

The media statement<\/a> outlines that “Coal production continues to expand in NSW, despite global acknowledgement that fossil fuel consumption is drastically changing the world\u2019s atmosphere and is sending greenhouse gas emissions to levels not seen before in human existence. In addition, the broadscale clearing of carbon-dense forest by Whitehaven Coal at the Maules Creek mine is driving landscape-scale loss of biodiversity and huge losses of natural carbon stores.”<\/p>\n

The protesters boarded the train late afternoon, just before 6pm. Police arrived, but no action was immediately been taken to remove the three protesters. At 9:14pm they were still atop the engine enjoying the starry skies. Around midnight the 3 protesters were taken into custody. They were released Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe call upon the NSW State Government to help communities transition to sustainable industries, as the mining boom ends and the world moves towards ensuring a safe climate future. Mike Baird\u2019s condemnation will not stop us from standing against dodgy companies like Whitehaven. We will stand up to them from the Pit to the Port.\u201d said spokesperson Jason Mclean.<\/p>\n

The protesters explain why they took their action in their own words:<\/p>\n

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Our protesters explain why they are currently sitting on a coal train. #leardblockade<\/a> #endofcoal<\/a> #righttoprotest<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/sIWLL8HQtj<\/a><\/p>\n

— FrontLineActionCoal (@FLACCoal) March 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n