Protesters angry over the bulldozing of 1,500 hectares of a unique and endangered ecosystem for an open-pit coal mine.
![Protesters chain themselves to mining equipment to block a new mine project [Greenpeace/Leard Forest Alliance]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141210105810881734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Protesters angry over the bulldozing of 1,500 hectares of a unique and endangered ecosystem for an open-pit coal mine.
![Protesters chain themselves to mining equipment to block a new mine project [Greenpeace/Leard Forest Alliance]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141210105810881734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
‘Ethical’ banking surges after big banks lent out $16bn for coal, oil and gas projects in Australia since 2008.
![Australia's big banks have been accused of funding a proposed coal port near the Great Barrier Reef [EPA]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141124132453873734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)