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Activists halt Australian coal export to Thailand

Greenpeace activists hang the banner at the foot of the cranes at the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant in Thailand. Greenpeace activists this morning shut down the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant to prevent the unloading of Australian coal into Thailand. Amidst heavy police and stick-wielding BLCP personnel presence, activists chained themselves at bumpers of the dock and hung banners that read "Coal = Climate Change, Clean Energy Now".

Greenpeace activists hang the banner at the foot of the cranes at the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant in Thailand. Greenpeace activists this morning shut down the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant to prevent the unloading of Australian coal into Thailand. Amidst heavy police and stick-wielding BLCP personnel presence, activists chained themselves at bumpers of the dock and hung banners that read "Coal = Climate Change, Clean Energy Now".

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Greenpeace activists hang the banner at the foot of the cranes at the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant in Thailand. Greenpeace activists this morning shut down the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant to prevent the unloading of Australian coal into Thailand. Amidst heavy police and stick-wielding BLCP personnel presence, activists chained themselves at bumpers of the dock and hung banners that read "Coal = Climate Change, Clean Energy Now".

Greenpeace activists hang the banner at the foot of the cranes at the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant in Thailand. Greenpeace activists this morning shut down the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant to prevent the unloading of Australian coal into Thailand. Amidst heavy police and stick-wielding BLCP personnel presence, activists chained themselves at bumpers of the dock and hung banners that read "Coal = Climate Change, Clean Energy Now".

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Greenpeace activists this morning shut down the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant to prevent the unloading of Australian coal into Thailand. Amidst heavy police and stick-wielding BLCP personnel presence, activists chained themselves at bumpers of the dock and hung banners that read "Coal = Climate Change, Clean Energy Now".The 1,434 MW BLCP coal plant will release nearly 12 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, and once in operation this plant alone will cause Thailand's carbon emissions to rise by almost 6% a year according to Greenpeace projections.

Greenpeace activists this morning shut down the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant to prevent the unloading of Australian coal into Thailand. Amidst heavy police and stick-wielding BLCP personnel presence, activists chained themselves at bumpers of the dock and hung banners that read "Coal = Climate Change, Clean Energy Now".The 1,434 MW BLCP coal plant will release nearly 12 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, and once in operation this plant alone will cause Thailand's carbon emissions to rise by almost 6% a year according to Greenpeace projections.

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Greenpeace activists this morning shut down the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant to prevent the unloading of Australian coal into Thailand. Amidst heavy police and stick-wielding BLCP personnel presence, activists chained themselves at bumpers of the dock and hung banners that read "Coal = Climate Change, Clean Energy Now".The 1,434 MW BLCP coal plant will release nearly 12 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, and once in operation this plant alone will cause Thailand's carbon emissions to rise by almost 6% a year according to Greenpeace projections.

Greenpeace activists this morning shut down the port of the controversial BLCP coal plant to prevent the unloading of Australian coal into Thailand. Amidst heavy police and stick-wielding BLCP personnel presence, activists chained themselves at bumpers of the dock and hung banners that read "Coal = Climate Change, Clean Energy Now".The 1,434 MW BLCP coal plant will release nearly 12 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, and once in operation this plant alone will cause Thailand's carbon emissions to rise by almost 6% a year according to Greenpeace projections.

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With its flagship the Rainbow Warrior looking on, Greenpeace activists climbed the loading crane of the BLCP coal plant at Map Ta Phut in Thailand and unfurled banners demanding the plant’s immediate closure, calling on the Thai government to phase out coal power and to commit to renewable energy, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005. The Rainbow Warrior is on a 10-week tour of Asia to sound the alarm about dangerous climate change. BLCP is the develpper of a 1,434 MW coal fired power station in Map Ta Phut industrial estate in the Rayong province of Thailand.

The BLCP coal plant at Map Ta Phut in Thailand.

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