About 50 protestors made a surprise visit to the Siemens head offices in Sydney this morning to urge the company not to participate in the Adani coal mine. Siemens is one of the few companies that can provide critical signalling work for Adani’s railway to their planned coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. The coal mine will be one of the largest in the world.
The protestors set up tents outside the building with the intention on camping out for as long as it takes to convince Siemens not to invest in the mine. They conducted a ‘die in’ in front of the offices to demonstrate the devastating effects of climate change. Similar ‘camp outs’ at Siemens offices are currently taking place in Melbourne and Brisbane.
With Sydney still recovering from yesterday’s toxic smoke cloud that descended on the city, the action was a timely reminder of what is at stake with Siemens’ decision, scheduled to be made this Friday.
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