煤炭列車前往澳大利亞主要樞紐被氣候抗議者阻止 - 彭博社

一名抗議者懸掛在兩根杆子上方的鐵軌上，導致澳大利亞主要煤炭出口樞紐的19列運煤火車受阻。

據管理該網絡的澳大利亞鐵路軌道公司稱，新南威爾士州庫拉岡附近通往紐卡斯爾港口的鐵路線的一部分於當地時間週一上午7點起停運超過4個小時。

新南威爾士州警方在一份聲明中表示，22歲女子在執法人員將結構物從鐵軌上移除後被逮捕。

澳大利亞作為世界第二大煤炭出口國的地位長期以來一直是活動人士關注的焦點，他們認為該國對化石燃料的銷售是全球排放的主要貢獻者。儘管總理安東尼·阿爾班斯已經立法制定了更具雄心的國家氣候目標，但他的政府也表示支持煤炭行業，預計今年財政年度該行業將創造約1280億澳元（880億美元）的出口收入。

Blockade Australia’s demonstration at Kooragang was “a response to Australia’s destruction of the climate,” the campaign group said in a message posted to Twitter. Two separate protests also took place Monday near the Port of Melbourne and Port of Brisbane, the organization said.

Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group, which handles coal exports for producers including BHP Group Ltd., Yancoal Australia Ltd. and Whitehaven Coal Ltd., didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

BHP declined as much as 1.1% in Sydney by 1:08 p.m., as Whitehaven fell as much as 3.9% and Yancoal by as much as 2.8%.