Several of the protesters have locked themselves to the train tracks at Dunedin Railway Station. Photo: Gregor RichardsonSeveral protesters have stopped a coal train from running by locking themselves to the tracks at Dunedin Railway Station this morning. Dozens of protesters are at the station where they have halted the running of a coal train from Bathurst Resources’ Takitimu mine in Southland to Fonterra’s Clandeboye milk processing plant in South Canterbury. Around eight people have locked themselves to the tracks, while others are standing or sitting close by. Photo: Supplied/Geoff ReidMs Clements said in a statement that the coal shipment happened on a daily basis, "past my own home transporting the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel".

Source: Otago Daily Times December 04, 2020 20:25 UTC