On September 13, Micah Weekes, once a coal miner and now an anti-coal activist stopped a coal train heading into the world鈥檚 largest coal port in Newcastle.
A former scaffolder from the Central Coast, Weekes worked in the coal industry for nearly 10 years. He said he was taking action because of the聽coal industry鈥檚 toxic impact on people鈥檚 health.
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 have to work in the industry to get sick from this. My kids are going to get sick. It鈥檚 already happening. People in my community have reoccurring respiratory illnesses, cancers and tumours.鈥