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News from Helensburgh (NSW) Climate Camp


The above video is a compilation of TV news from the Helensburg Climate Camp. More news stories below:

500 protest and 13 arrested in peaceful bloackade during climate camp protest

Sunday, October 11, Helensburgh NSW – More than 500 people have marched to the front gates of the Metropolitan Collieries where 50 Climate Camp protesters have peacefully blockaded the entrance to the mine. Protesting the mines expansion and voice concerns over water, climate and jobs in NSW. [MORE]

Green Left: Australia’s oldest coalmine targeted

Hundreds of people braved gale-force winds and driving rain to attend Climate Camp ’09 in Helensburgh, on NSW’s south coast, over October 9-11. The activists took part in workshops, performances and an Aboriginal welcome and smoking ceremony. [MORE]

New Matilda: And Now For A Healthy Emission

Michael Brull loves the smell of civil disobedience in the morning. And when hundreds of ordinary people showed up at a coal mine south of Sydney on the weekend, he was there. [MORE]

ABC online: Protesters lock down coal mine

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