The NSW premier has shown Trumpian disdain for the damage burning coal is causing – and it may backfire on him | Bob Brown

Source: The Guardian Australia · 2026-11-13T14:00:21.000Z · Climate

Chris Minns has gone out of his way to help ban peaceful protest in Newcastle, the world’s biggest coal port. Voters will remember in March Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here We know that El Niño climate patterns are supercharged by the burning of fossil fuels. In Europe, more than 50,000 people died of intolerable heat this year. And yet, in September the premier of New South Wales, Chris Minns, oversaw the largest coalmine expansion in the state’s history. Coal from that operation in the Hunter Valley will inevitably increase global warming after it is exported through Newcastle and then burned overseas. Newcastle, the world’s biggest coal port, has become the target of a restless population, particularly of young Australians, alarmed by global warming. Continue reading...

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