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Greenpeace Activists Board Ship in Protest of Australias Coal Export Boom

2013-04-24 20:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: At sunrise, the six activists left the Rainbow Warrior on inflatable boats and drew up alongside the MV Meister, a ship carrying thermal coal loaded at Abbot point in Queensland. Using steel ladders, they climbed the side of the ship and 18 hours later remain on the vessel. Greenpeace boarded the ship just after it left the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The six activists come from five countries in the Asia Pacific region where Greenpeace is campaigning to end the age of coal: Australia,...

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