Port Kembla Coal Terminal protesters convicted and fined

Two seasoned environmental activists have been convicted and fined $300 for illegally entering the Port Kembla coal terminal and scaling loaders last month to protest climate change.

Katherine May Woskett, 25, from Victoria, and Scott Raymond Daines, 48, from the South Coast, pleaded guilty to entering the BHP-owned site around 5.25am on December 10, climbing onto separate loaders and suspending themselves below the machines by rope and safety harness.

Emergency services retrieved the pair with an elevated ladder.

Operations at BHP were interrupted for about four hours as a result of the protest, police said.

Criminal records for Woskett and Daines reveal the pair have both been charged for similar matters in the past.

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US Judge Issues Devastating Ruling On ‘Global Warming’ Activists

Date: 17/01/16 Michael Bastasch, Daily Caller News Foundation
A Washington state judge told environmentalists they could not use “necessity defense” to claim the threat of global warming justified their criminal activity —
a huge blow to activists’ hopes they can use global warming as a shield from the law.

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might as well get the abuse rolling.

trolling again T_o?

The_observer said:

US Judge Issues Devastating Ruling On ‘Global Warming’ Activists

Date: 17/01/16 Michael Bastasch, Daily Caller News Foundation
A Washington state judge told environmentalists they could not use “necessity defense” to claim the threat of global warming justified their criminal activity —
a huge blow to activists’ hopes they can use global warming as a shield from the law.

LMFAO

Hang on a bit. The BUGAUP mob managed to get their message across without being prosecuted. or at least, I don’t recall that any of them got busted. http://www.bugaup.org/

ChrispenEvan said:

might as well get the abuse rolling.

trolling again T_o?

trolling?

Only those who consider breaking the law is OK would consider this trolling :)

Consider yourself trolled

Lol.

$300 fine LOL. again.

The_observer said:

Only those who consider breaking the law is OK would consider this trolling :)

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

witty

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The_observer said:

ChrispenEvan said:

might as well get the abuse rolling.

trolling again T_o?

trolling?

Only those who consider breaking the law is OK would consider this trolling :)

Consider yourself trolled

roughbarked said:

The_observer said:

US Judge Issues Devastating Ruling On ‘Global Warming’ Activists

Date: 17/01/16 Michael Bastasch, Daily Caller News Foundation
A Washington state judge told environmentalists they could not use “necessity defense” to claim the threat of global warming justified their criminal activity —
a huge blow to activists’ hopes they can use global warming as a shield from the law.

LMFAO

Hang on a bit. The BUGAUP mob managed to get their message across without being prosecuted. or at least, I don’t recall that any of them got busted. http://www.bugaup.org/

Active with many causes, Rolo showed the strength of his convictions by going to jail rather than pay fines. Most people use formal channels to struggle for justice. Rolo revelled in his unorthodox approach. He obtained a driving licence in 1989 while wearing a monocle without a glass in it. His monocle meant his licence was stamped for the wearing of spectacles, although he had 20-20 vision. In 1993 he was charged with not complying with the licence provisions. After scrutinising the monocle, which now had a clear glass lens, the magistrate cut Rolo’s fine from $250 to $50. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Bloody_Wog_Rolo

ChrispenEvan said:

witty

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Witty Rejoinder said:

The_observer said:

Only those who consider breaking the law is OK would consider this trolling :)

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

As former Czech president Vaclav Klaus warned: “Today’s debate about global warming is essentially a debate about freedom.

The environmentalists would like to mastermind each and every possible (and impossible) aspect of our lives.”

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/19/outgoing-chief-scientist-ian-chubb-says-tougher-greenhouse-gas-targets-inevitable

From CE’s link..

The CCA found Australia should be cutting emissions by between 40 and 60% by 2030, measured against 2000 levels. Measured the same way the target announced by Tony Abbott and then adopted by Malcolm Turnbull equates to a cut of between 19 and 22%.

“That was solid work and I stand by those recommended targets,” Chubb said in an interview with Guardian Australia.

He said the continuing process set up under the Paris international climate agreement, struck late last year, and Australia’s particular susceptibility to the effects of global warming, meant “we will have to reconsider our target, I cannot see how we could possibly not”.

The Turnbull government has not ruled out increasing its targets as a result of the five-yearly reviews required under the Paris deal but has said it has no plans to do so.

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It’s buisness as usual for the COALition.

The Galilee Basin project and the Shenhua coal mine on Liverpool Plains are ticking all the environmental boxes.

Oh goodness, portraying protesters like that is so last millennium, and a bit lame.

The debate has moved on, and even the big end of town is realising how the world climate can affect their bottom line, productivity and political stability.

The law, hey-
EPA prevented from prosecuting polluters under an industry run scheme

I guess professional polluting does pay….

Your paranoia is showing through as expected, but I did enjoy the expressive animals, they were very good.

:)