Around 20 people gathered outside the Newtown branch of the National Australia Bank (NAB) on December 1 to demand it end all funding of Whitehaven Coal.
The bank is expanding its climate-wrecking coal mining operations, especially in northern New South Wales.
The protest, during which activists handed out leaflets bank customers, was organised by Move Beyond Coal (MBC).
It said Whitehaven Coal聽plans to double its coal mining operations 鈥渨ith four dangerous new coal projects鈥 and that that NAB is funding the climate wrecking expansion.
NAB has loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to Whitehaven since 2016, including a loan of $110 million in 2020.
Whitehaven need another $4 billion to get its coal expansion plans off the ground, and it is likely that it will approach previous funders for help too.
鈥淭he world鈥檚 scientists warn that all coal expansion must stop immediately to avoid runaway climate change. We cannot afford another dollar for coal,鈥 MBC said.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 why people across the continent are dropping into their local NAB branches, talking with staff and customers, sending emails, making phone calls, and dreaming up new creative ways to tell NAB to rule out funding Whitehaven Coal!鈥
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