New South Wales (NSW) Premier Chris Minns will seek to block climate activists from live-streaming illegal protests on social media following a week of coordinated actions targeting east coast coal ports. Mr Minns will sit down with representatives from Facebook and police to discuss the move, saying the protesters’ “business model” relied on social media….

Dozens of people have been arrested after protesters scaled a train bound for the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales (NSW) and began shovelling coal out of its wagons. The train was stopped a few kilometres from the port when passing Sandgate, near the Pacific Highway, about 10am on Sunday. About 20 people linked…

A climate change activist who suspended himself above a train track at a Sydney port has avoided jail despite his “irresponsible, unlawful” protest. On Dec. 15, Wenzel Valentine Auch was sentenced to an 18-month community corrections order and fined $1350 (US$950) for his role in protests planned by Blockade Australia in March this year. Auch hung himself above a…

Seven Australians, who police alleged are part of the environmental action group Blockade Australia, are facing charges, including allegedly assaulting police, after a raid on a rural property northwest of  Sydney where police believe unauthorised protests were being planned. New South Wales Police said when they arrived at a property in Colo about 8.30 a.m….

Angry drivers clashed with climate protesters who blocked traffic once again on Wednesday morning, in some cases dragging them off the roads. During the morning rush hour, around 20 protesters from climate group Insulate Britain (IB) blocked a junction near a busy industrial estate in Thurrock, in the outskirts of London. They sat or laid…

Climate protesters will face possible imprisonment if they make further attempts to block the UK’s busiest motorway after the government secured an injunction against such actions. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday that National Highways had been granted an injunction against the protests, which have shut down parts of the M25 five times in…

Protesters demanding government action on home insulation have blocked Britain’s busiest motorway for a third time this week. At least three junctions on the M25 were targeted on Friday morning. Surrey Police said officers had arrested 14 people at junction nine. Campaign group Insulate Britain claimed 79 people attempted to block the London orbital motorway…