煤炭列车前往澳大利亚主要枢纽被气候抗议者阻止 - 彭博社

一名抗议者悬挂在两根杆子上方的铁轨上，导致澳大利亚主要煤炭出口枢纽的19列运煤火车受阻。

据管理该网络的澳大利亚铁路轨道公司称，新南威尔士州库拉冈附近通往纽卡斯尔港口的铁路线的一部分于当地时间周一上午7点起停运超过4个小时。

新南威尔士州警方在一份声明中表示，22岁女子在执法人员将结构物从铁轨上移除后被逮捕。

澳大利亚作为世界第二大煤炭出口国的地位长期以来一直是活动人士关注的焦点，他们认为该国对化石燃料的销售是全球排放的主要贡献者。尽管总理安东尼·阿尔班斯已经立法制定了更具雄心的国家气候目标，但他的政府也表示支持煤炭行业，预计今年财政年度该行业将创造约1280亿澳元（880亿美元）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%.