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On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
From the front lines of change, people are gearing up to stop the coal ships at Newcastle port. #BreakFree2016
NORTH VANCOUVER, CANADA-- On Friday, May 13, 2016, Jeremy Mckay of the Pine Creek First Nation, and summer student of Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, joins a protection ceremony for the participants for Break Free 2016.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo By: Marlin Olynyk | Survival Media Agency
ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA -- Friday, May 13th, 2016. A kayak flotilla take part in a Break Free action on the Hudson River.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo By: Shadia Fayne Wood | Survival Media Agency
On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
17th April 2016 …Fegino- Genoa -Italy…
At 7:30 p.m. approximately, a pipe of a pipeline owned bythe company
Iplom broke and 600,000 gallons of oil were poured into the streams of
the area, Pianego Stream, Fegino Stream, and Polcevera Stream to finally
head to the sea. A huge ecological and environmental disaster. The pipes
of this company are buried in the ground for km, from the Petroleum Port
of Genoa Multedo, to the refinery located in Busalla, and partly buried
inside the bed of these two streams, for over 50 years, without any
protection in the event of breakage. The Fegino Deposit is served by the
pipes buried in the river bed. For many years the citizens have
denounced the difficult cohabitation with the deposit located a few
meters away from houses and schools. The annoying miasmas exhaled during
handling operations of crude oil and its derivatives stored here have
been repeatedly reported to the authorities. They limit the lives of the
residents, but they are not considered to be harmful to health because
emission limits do not exceed the threshold of concern, even if the
quality of life of the citizens is significantly threatened. The
disaster is now under investigation, but what is certain is that it has
jeopardized environment and ecosystem of the streams and the lives of
people living here.
Fegino is part of a suburban area of Genoa, the Valpolcevera, which,
since the second half of the 19^th Century, has seen the birth of
several industries. Over time, oil, steel, mechanical industries have
established their headquarters here, fact that has altered environment
and landscape and threatened the health of residents of this valley. The
disposal of many industries could have been an opportunity for a revival
of this area, still battered by the logic of the great rail lines and
highways that, moreover, have no meaningful data to support them as far
as costs and benefits are concerned.
It is time to seek an environmentally friendly conversion of these oil
companies who are too often a source of concern and environmental
disasters and threats to the health of citizens because we should
finally think about the future of our planet.
This is way we strongly committed to join the "Breackfree" initiative,
meeting up on Saturday, May 14, 2016, together with other associations
and committees, when we will surround the Iplom Fegino Deposit with a
red ribbon in order to highlight the danger and to underline the need
for health, environment and safe and healthy workplace to go hand in hand.
An activist surround by police gestures inside the Holiday Inn in Lakewood, Colo., May 12, 2016. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management scheduled a lease sale in a hotel conference room for fossil fuel development on public land. The activists want the government to keep fossil fuels in the ground attempted to block the doors of the room and protested outside. Photo by Bob Pearson
On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA -- Saturday, May 14th, 2016. Over 1500 Break Free action participants marched in the streets of Albany and blockaded the train tracks to send a message that oil trains are not welcome in any community. Speeches from local community members and movement leaders set the tone for the day.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo By: Shannon Straney | Survival Media Agency
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND- Thursday, May 12, 2016 Hundreds of people blockaded the front doors of an ANZ Bank to urge them to divest from fossil fuels.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo by: Artur Francisco
Activist march to the Holiday Inn in Lakewood, Colo., May 12, 2016. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management scheduled a lease sale in a hotel conference room for fossil fuel development on public land. The activists protested outside and attempted to blockade the doors of the sale room to urge the government to keep fossil fuels in the ground . Photo by Robert Meyers
On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
PORT OF NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA- On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
No more Fossil Fuels - more than 800 people hopped on boats to stop the ships carrying coal from Australia to other parts of the world.
On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
PORT OF NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA- On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
PORT OF NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA- On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
Credit: Jeff Tan
On May 3, Ffos-y-fran coal mine, south Wales was shut down by hundreds of people as they climbed on coal diggers. The message was clear - keep it in the ground.
Photo Credit: Zoe Broughton
ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA -- Friday, May 13th, 2016. A kayak flotilla take part in a Break Free action on the Hudson River.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo By: Shadia Fayne Wood | Survival Media Agency
Police escort John Deans from the Holiday Inn after activists blockaded the doors of a conference room where the BLM planned to auction mineral leases on public land in Lakewood, Colorado., May 12, 2016. Photo by Joe Mahoney
PORT OF NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA- On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
Credit: Jeff Tan
PORT OF NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA- On May 8 over 2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port. For six hours no coal came in or out of the Port of Newcastle. Hundreds of kayakers blocked the harbour's entrance to any entering or exiting coal ships, whilst another 60 walked onto and shutdown the only coal transport train line into the port.
Credit: Jeff Tan