Families block access to Adani's Australian coalmine project: 4th protest since Sept 9

By A Representative
In third such incident since September 9, a group of 30 people "disrupted" on Thursday at powerful Indian tycoon Adani’s controversial Carmichael mine, blocking access from the Adani work camp in central Queensland. Similar protests took place earlier on September 9, September 13 and September 18.
The group included a number of young families, claiming they were supporting school-children led global climate strike. That day 300,000 Australians in over 100 towns and cities marched, calling for a ban on new coal mines.
Young mother Kate Coxall said, “We are already seeing the damaging consequences of climate breakdown, but it is our children who will be forced to deal with the worst effects in the decades to come. This is a moral failure of today’s older generations, who have known for years of the damage we are causing but failed to do anything about it."

“Those of us who care for the ability of our kids to live healthy and fulfilling lives must take action now to cure our addiction to fossil fuels and stop irresponsible new projects like Adani before they make things worse”, she added.
Seventeen-year old student Sasha Storer said, “Young people don’t need to be lectured by politicians telling them to stay in school. It is the older generations running our political, business and media sectors who need to take a lesson from the school-kids – a lesson in taking responsibility for your actions when they are risking the safety of the entire planet.”
The climate strikes, which took place a week ago, saw more than four million people in over 150 countries march, demanding immediate action on on climate change. In Australia, organisers listed three demands: No new fossil fuel projects, 100% renewable energy generation by 2030, and a just transition for workers to sustainable industries.

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GreenTech Summit claims NCR as key green building hub, without pan-India comparison

By A Representative The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), under the Confederation of Indian Industry, held its GreenTech Summit 2026 in New Delhi, where industry representatives, policymakers and sustainability professionals discussed the adoption of climate technologies in India’s built environment.

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