Sydney: Anti-coal seam gas protest hits gathering of mining company chiefs

August 17, 2011
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Video: Enough Is Enough: Stop Coal & Gas Expansion. YouTube/peterboyle53.

Video footage and photos of the unfurling of the giant "Enough Is Enough: Stop Coal & Gas Expansion" banner by two activists who abseiled down the front of the hotel where mining company executives were meeting to plan the wholesale exploitation of NSW even at the cost of communities and the environment.

This was the highlight of a protest organised by Lock The Gate, an alliance of urban and rural groups opposing coal seam gas mining.

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Media scrum at the action against Coal Seam Gas companies. Photo: Peter Boyle

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Some of the crowd at the protest. Photo: Peter Boyle

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Some of the crowd at the protest. Photo: Peter Boyle

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Banner unfurled. Photo: Peter Boyle

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