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Climate Activists in Australia Close Down World's Largest Coal Port. Reuters, September 26, 2010. "Australian climate change activists today [9/26/10] closed down operations at the world's largest coal port after entering its three terminals and attaching themselves to loaders, the terminal operator and the protesters said. The action by climate change group Rising Tide Australia stopped operations at all three terminals operated by Port Waratah Coal Services, which normally run continuously, a company spokesman said. Asked if all operations at the facility had been halted due to the action, a company spokesman told Reuters: 'Yes, that is correct. All operations have temporarily stopped.' Rising Tide said about 50 people in total were involved in the protest, some entering before dawn Sunday morning, abseiling down machinery and attaching themselves to loaders. Others demonstrated with banners. Spokeswoman Annika Dean said nine protesters attached themselves to infrastructure, calling it an 'emergency' action to highlight climate change, which she blamed for recent fires in Russia and floods in Pakistan."