Greenpeace activists blockade Australia's most polluting coal-fired power station, Eraring, in NSW

July 3, 2008 Newcastle, Australia.  At dawn this morning, 27 Greenpeace
activists called for an energy revolution by taking peaceful direct
action to stop climate-changing coal from being burnt at Australia's
most polluting coal-fired power station, Eraring, in NSW. Activists,
including an ex-miner from the Hunter, blockaded the coal supply to the
plant by locking on to the coal conveyors.
As the government's climate change advisor Professor Ross Garnaut
prepares to deliver his Draft Review in Canberra tomorrow, Greenpeace
said urgent action on climate change means Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
must deliver policies that upscale renewables so that we can
immediately start replacing old and dirty coal-fired power.
Eraring, an old and inefficient plant, is one of eight coal-fired power
stations in NSW. These plants are responsible for half the state's and
13% of Australia's greenhouse pollution. Eraring is the biggest
culprit, sending nearly 20 million tonnes of greenhouse pollution into
the atmosphere every year. Each hour the coal supply is blockaded,
prevents 2,000 tonnes of CO2 being released.

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