Stopping the Australian Coal Export Boom
Greenpeace Australia plans to disrupt and delay coal export projects in the country in a campaign to stop the booming sector. In a leaked report obtained from Greenpeace it clearly states exactly how they plan to do this.
Their strategy in the report is to "disrupt and delay" key projects and infrastructure while gradually eroding public and political support for the industry and continually building the power to win more.
There are 6 elements to this strategy:
1. Disrupt and delay key infrastructure
Challenge and delay key infrastructure developments (ports and
rail) and ‘mega mines’.
2. Constrain the space for mining.
Build on the outrage created by coal seam gas to win federal
and state based reforms to exclude mining from key areas,
such as farmland, nature refuges, aquifers, and near homes.
Landowners locking the gate.
3. Increase investor risk
Create uncertainty and a heightened perception of risk over coal
investments.
4. Increase costs
Increasing the cost of coal is fundamental to the long-term global
strategy to phase out the industry. We can start to remove the
massive subsidies to the coal industry, and to internalize the
‘externalized’ costs of coal.
5. Withdraw the social license of the coal industry
Change the story of coal from being the backbone of our
economy, to being a destructive industry that destroys the
landscape and communities, corrupts our democracy, and
threatens the global climate.
6. Build a powerful movement
Create stronger networks and alliances and build the power
necessary to win larger victories over time.
Activist checklist 2 years on
Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Michael Roche released a checklist of coordinated activism aimed at shutting down
Queensland’s export coal and gas industries.
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