Australia climate protest: Rising Tide activists shovel coal off train

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The train was stopped near Newcastle, a major coal export terminal. "We have halted coal into the world's biggest coal port, demanding the ALP [ruling Australian Labor Party] heed UN warnings and immediately cancel all new coal projects," it said in the tweet. Australia's Labor government has pledged to cut the country's carbon emissions by 43% by 2030, but it has not ruled out new fossil fuel projects

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