Climate activists from Move Beyond Coal (MBC) gathered outside the Newtown branch of the National Australia Bank (NAB) on March 30 and then occupied the office for half an hour, as part of campaign 鈥淔LOOD NAB: 10 Days of Action鈥.
Between March 27 and April 5, activists are organising more than 40 protests around the country calling on NAB to stop funding the fossil fuel corporation Whitehaven Coal.
鈥淐ommunities across the country will be stepping up their actions and flooding NAB鈥檚 foyers with people, messages and stories, to demand they stop funding climate-wrecking coal, starting with Whitehaven Coal's dangerous expansion plans,鈥 MBC said.
The campaign aims to pressure a NAB branch to rule out funding Whitehaven Coal as it 鈥渨ill send a strong signal to overseas investors that involvement with serial offender Whitehaven Coal 鈥 a company that destroys First Nations heritage, drains precious water, and plans to double their coal production by 2030 鈥 is risky business鈥.
Protesters handed out flyers to NAB customers and passers-by that explained that coal is the 鈥渂iggest driver of climate change and Australia is the world's biggest coal polluter鈥.
Whitehaven is planning three massive new coal projects, equivalent to twice Australia鈥檚 annual domestic emissions. NAB鈥檚 money is enabling them.
Tell NAB to immediately and publicly rule out any further financial support for Whitehaven.
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