Glencore's plan to more than double coal production at a Singleton mine until 2044 is 'the line in the sand', say Hunter students

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated January 26 2020 - 1:42pm, first published January 7 2020 - 5:30am
Campaign: Three teenagers, three women, a priest and an academic have called on Australians to help block Glencore plans to expand its Glendell mine at Singleton. Father Rod Bower, Luka McCallum, Louise Ihlien, Sean Bryant, Janet Murray, Campbell Knox, Kerry Bower and Liam Phelan in the searing heat at Singleton on Saturday. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers.
Campaign: Three teenagers, three women, a priest and an academic have called on Australians to help block Glencore plans to expand its Glendell mine at Singleton. Father Rod Bower, Luka McCallum, Louise Ihlien, Sean Bryant, Janet Murray, Campbell Knox, Kerry Bower and Liam Phelan in the searing heat at Singleton on Saturday. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers.

THREE teenagers, three women, a priest and an academic drew a climate change line in the sand in searing heat outside a Singleton coal mine pit on Saturday as Australia burned and the world watched in horror.

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