There's a huge anti-capitalist movement rocking Spain. If you're on Twitter the hashtag to follow is #spanishrevolution.
We at 91自拍论坛 Weekly have enthusiastically covered the events and the protesters known as 鈥渢he indignants鈥.
The movement has exploded into the streets; the central squares of cities and towns across the country have been taken over by a people crying out 鈥渢he system is the problem鈥.
Chris Williams
More than 3000 people turned out to Austinmer beach in the Illawarra on May 29 to form a 鈥淪TOP COAL SEAM GAS!鈥 human sign.
Three helicopters, each from a big media outlet, circled above the cheering and waving crowd to film the historic event.
Check out all the pictures and media coverage by visiting Stop CSG Illawarra's website: stop-csg-illawarra.org.
A big team of more than 40 volunteers from Stop CSG Illawarra helped make the day such a success.
More than 3000 people turned out to Austinmer Beach in the Illawarra on May 29 to form the "STOP COAL SEAM GAS!" human sign. Three helicopters, each from a major media outlet, circled above the cheering and waving crowd to film the historic event. Check out all the pictures and media coverage by visiting Stop CSG Illawarra's . A big team of more than 40 volunteers from Stop CSG Illawarra helped make the day such a success.
The Illawarra community plans to take action on May 29 to press their case for a moratorium on coal seam gas mining in the area.
A mass human sign to spell the words 鈥淪top Coal Seam Gas!鈥 is organised at 11am that day on Austinmer beach, north of Wollongong.
The organiser, Stop CSG Illawarra, is confident of a large turnout. The group鈥檚 regular organising meetings have attracted 100 or more people.
The group has letterboxed 30,000 leaflets publicising the event and outlining the dangers of coal seam gas.
Manufacturer BlueScope Steel has been at the forefront of the campaign against the carbon price proposed by Labor and the Greens.
Chief Executive Paul O'Malley has argued it could spell 鈥渢he end of steel manufacturing in Australia鈥; something the Opposition Leader Tony Abbott agreed with during a recent tour of BlueScope's steelworks in Port Kembla.
Both have said that a price on carbon would threaten the company's profitability and therefore force operations offshore in search of cheaper labour.
On March 13, more than 100 people attended the first organising meeting of Stop CSG Illawarra, a residents鈥 group campaigning for a moratorium on coal seam gas mining (CSG).
The desperate nuclear emergency at three Japanese nuclear reactors is growing worse by the day.
One of the three stricken reactors at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant is now close to complete meltdown.
Should this happen, molten uranium fuel may burn through the containment vessels, leading to a catastrophic release of radiation over the surrounding area.
The Greens candidate for Heathcote in the NSW elections, Phil Smith, has renewed his party鈥檚 call for a moratorium on coal seam gas mining in the state.
He said gas extraction poses real risks for communities throughout the Heathcote electorate, a seat that spans from southern Sydney to the northern Illawarra.
The Labor state government recently approved 15 coal seam gas wells in the northern Illawarra region.
鈥淭he Greens are leading the call for an immediate moratorium,鈥 Smith told 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
Killalea State Park again faces the threat of overdevelopment, says Peter Moran, the Greens candidate for Shellharbour in the NSW state elections.
Community members organised in the Save Killalea Alliance (SKA) claimed a victory in May last year when a $35 million development proposal backed by investment firm Babcock and Brown was scrapped.
The proposal would have allowed 106 accommodation lodges to be built on the pristine site. Developers had made an earlier proposal to build 202 residential lodges, pools, tennis courts, restaurants and a conference centre.
More than 60 people attended a public meeting in Russell Vale, north of Wollongong, on February 3 to oppose a massive coalmine expansion in their neighbourhood.
The meeting was organised by Illawarra Residents for Responsible Mining (IRRM).
Gujurat NRE, owner of No. 1 Colliery in Russell Vale, wants to expand the colliery's current output by 7.5 times 鈥 from 400,000 tonnes a year to 3 million tonnes.
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