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Showing posts with label civildisobedience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civildisobedience. Show all posts
Saturday, December 9, 2023

Climate protests in Melbourne culminate in civil disobedience with 72 arrests - a personal statement

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Being arrested - Courtesy ABC News Why I am being arrested in Melbourne CBD today, 9 December, 2023, with Extinction Rebellion – Statement b...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

Stop Adani climate protest occupies Downer EDI office: Don't get into bed with Adani

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About 20 Activists this morning occupied the Melbourne offices of Downer, an infrastructure company, to protest participation in developin...
Friday, May 6, 2016

Wales: #breakfree occupation of Ffos-y-fran opencut coal mine

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Welsh climate activists invoked the mythical red dragon to say 'Break Free from fossil fuels' and 'No New Coal'. A red pupp...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Coal train delayed for 6 hours due to #leardblockade civil-disobedience

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Photo: Frontline Action on Coal/Twitter The Leardblockade continues with more coal trains being stopped from transporting coal from White...
Monday, February 29, 2016

France: 60,000 people protest against new Nantes airport as climate hypocrisy

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A mass mobilisation brought tens of thousands of Nantais and people from across France together on two roads in Bretagne, the 4 lane Nantes...
Sunday, February 21, 2016

Storify: Coal train protest ends 1st week of #Leardblockade action on #coal

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"Red alert, red alert, keep the coal in the dirt" the protestors chanted at a blockade of coal haul trucks going to Whitehaven...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

UK: Plane Stupid Climate activists convicted, face prison for Heathrow runway occupation

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Guilty verdicts have been handed down against 13 climate activists protesting against the expansion of Heathrow airport in the UK. The Heat...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Occupation of #Santos #Pilliga #CSG site by traditional owners, local farmers

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Santos plans for a Coal seam gas field in the Pilliga region of western NSW has met stiff opposition from local farmers and traditional own...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Paris shows it's shoes for climate marching and forms a human chain

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Today I observed and sometimes joined a peaceful human chain for a climate of peace on the Boulevard Voltaire in Paris. Organisers estimate...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

USA: 398 arrested in civil disobedience at the White House saying no KXL

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Washington, March 2, 2014: over one thousand young people marched on the White House demanding President Obama reject the Keystone XL pipe...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Tim DeChristopher jailed for two years and fined $10,000 for climate civil disobedience

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On July 26, 2011 in the Salt Lake City Federal courthouse Tim DeChristopher was sentenced to two years prison and a $10,000 fine for making ...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

USA: Thousands march, about 100 arrested in Washington DC including climate scientist James Hansen

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On the 27th of September, thousands of opponents of mountaintop removal coal mining converged on DC. Many were from West Virgina, Tennesee, ...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Climate civil disobedience action in Canberra for 40% carbon reduction target

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Two hundred people blockaded Parliament House in Canberra today calling on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to secure a strong, legally binding tre...

Australia: Climate Civil Disobedience on the rise

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Two hundred people blockaded the entrance to the Australian Parliament today calling on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to secure a strong, legall...