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Protesters lock themselves to bulldozers to fight coalmine development
2014-01-13 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Protesters have locked themselves on to bulldozers as they fight the development of the controversial Maules Creek coalmine in north-west New South Wales. About 30 activists, including local Indigenous community members, on Monday blockaded heavy vehicles which are at the Boggabri site to build roads and a rail line, Georgina Woods from the Leard Forest Alliance said. If the road to Whitehaven Coal's proposed $767m open-cut mine is cut through the forest then animals, plants and sacred Aboriginal...
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