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Activists Halt Coal Mine Operations for more than 60 Hours w/ Adam Currie 24 April, 2025

 
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Four climate activists were arrested and seventy protesters were trespassed after blockading operations at Bathurst Resources’ Stockton coal mine for more than sixty hours.

The protest targeted the Australian-owned mine which is planning an expansion of activities approved through the government’s new fast-tracked consent process.

While Resources Minister Shane Jones has justified the coal expansion as important for domestic energy needs and economic growth, activists assert that the government is wrongly “doubling-down” on fossil fuels when they should be scaling up renewable energy.

Producer Sara spoke with Adam Currie, a climate activist from 350 Aotearoa and one of those who was arrested for disrupting operations at the coal mine this week.

She started the interview by asking what the main goal of the protest was

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Four climate activists were arrested and seventy protesters were trespassed after blockading operations at Bathurst Resources’ Stockton coal mine for more than sixty hours.

The protest targeted the Australian-owned mine which is planning an expansion of activities approved through the government’s new fast-tracked consent process.

While Resources Minister Shane Jones has justified the coal expansion as important for domestic energy needs and economic growth, activists assert that the government is wrongly “doubling-down” on fossil fuels when they should be scaling up renewable energy.

Producer Sara spoke with Adam Currie, a climate activist from 350 Aotearoa and one of those who was arrested for disrupting operations at the coal mine this week.

She started the interview by asking what the main goal of the protest was

  continue reading

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