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Over the Sept 12-13 weekend, Climate Camp activists have staged a demo of more than 500 people to put Australia’s biggest coal power station (and the country’s single largest emitter) under siege. The plant is located in Hazelwood, Victoria. The direct action protest was designed to build community pressure on governments to “switch off coal and switch on renewables”.
Protesters marched to Hazelwood gates and formed a giant windmill. Protest organizers said the region could be transformed into a job-rich, renewable energy manufacturing hub. Demonstrators were harshly treated by the police who attacked them with batons and horses and arrested 22, although the protest was non-violent (just like in Kingsnorth…).
More info can be found on Indy Australia and Switch Off Hazelwood
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