Climate protesters charged

It will be interesting to see how the magistrate deals with these clowns. I wonder if they will be treated like any normal person, or whether, because they will bleat about "saving the planet", they will be let off with a slap on the wrist…

Greenpeace activists say they are happy with yesterday's protest at a north Queensland coal terminal, despite failing to interrupt activity at the port. [Easily pleased, clearly - Ed]

The protesters had planned to block ships from docking at the Bowen terminal but none were scheduled to berth. [Oops, bad luck! - Ed]

Instead, three protesters chained themselves to a crane - three men from Papua New Guinea and Sydney and one woman from San Francisco have been charged over the incident and are due to face the Bowen Magistrates Court next week.

Read it here.