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23 Climate Protesters Arrested in Australian Coal Protest

HeadlineDec 21, 2009

In Australia, twenty-three protesters were arrested Sunday after shutting down the railway line leading to Australia’s biggest coal export facility. Activists from the group Rising Tide Newcastle stopped a coal train and chained themselves to it and the rail tracks to effectively close the train line for six hours.

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