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Greenpeace activists shut down coal mine to highlight Fonterra climate crimes

November 16, 2009

Greenpeace activists have shut down a pit of a Southland lignite coalmine used by Fonterra to help fuel operations at its nearby Edendale dairy factory, labeling it another Fonterra climate crime.

After arrests Greenpeace calls for protest outside Fonterra headquarters

November 16, 2009

The four Greenpeace activists arrested today after closing down a Southland lignite coalmine say they succeeded in drawing attention to Fonterra’s expanding use of coal for milk processing. They labelled the burning of around 450,000 tonnes of coal every year Fonterra’s climate crime with a large banner across the mine.

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Greenpeace activists shut down a pit of a southern lignite coal mine 
used by Fonterra to help fuel operations at it's nearby Edendale dairy 
factory, labeliing it another Fonterra Climate Crime, near 
Invercargill, 17 November 2009. At dawn this morning activists 
unfurled a massive 40x40 meter banner reading Fonterra Climate Crime 
on the ground of the opencast mine. Other activists have blocked one 
of the entrances and locked themselves onto some of the mine's 
machinery.

Greenpeace activists shut down a pit of a southern lignite coal mine used by Fonterra to help fuel operations at it's nearby Edendale dairy factory, labeliing it another Fonterra Climate Crime, near Invercargill, 17 November 2009. At dawn this morning activists unfurled a massive 40x40 meter banner reading Fonterra Climate Crime on the ground of the opencast mine. Other activists have blocked one of the entrances and locked themselves onto some of the mine's machinery.

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Greenpeace activists shut down a pit of a southern lignite coal mine 
used by Fonterra to help fuel operations at it's nearby Edendale dairy 
factory, labeliing it another Fonterra Climate Crime, near 
Invercargill, 17 November 2009. At dawn this morning activists 
unfurled a massive 40x40 meter banner reading Fonterra Climate Crime 
on the ground of the opencast mine. Other activists have blocked one 
of the entrances and locked themselves onto some of the mine's 
machinery.

Greenpeace activists shut down a pit of a southern lignite coal mine used by Fonterra to help fuel operations at it's nearby Edendale dairy factory, labeliing it another Fonterra Climate Crime, near Invercargill, 17 November 2009. At dawn this morning activists unfurled a massive 40x40 meter banner reading Fonterra Climate Crime on the ground of the opencast mine. Other activists have blocked one of the entrances and locked themselves onto some of the mine's machinery.

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Greenpeace activists shut down a pit of a southern lignite coal mine 
used by Fonterra to help fuel operations at it's nearby Edendale dairy 
factory, labeliing it another Fonterra Climate Crime, near 
Invercargill, 17 November 2009. At dawn this morning activists 
unfurled a massive 40x40 meter banner reading Fonterra Climate Crime 
on the ground of the opencast mine. Other activists have blocked one 
of the entrances and locked themselves onto some of the mine's 
machinery.

Greenpeace activists shut down a pit of a southern lignite coal mine used by Fonterra to help fuel operations at it's nearby Edendale dairy factory, labeliing it another Fonterra Climate Crime, near Invercargill, 17 November 2009. At dawn this morning activists unfurled a massive 40x40 meter banner reading Fonterra Climate Crime on the ground of the opencast mine. Other activists have blocked one of the entrances and locked themselves onto some of the mine's machinery.

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