Charges have been dropped against protesters over a blockade of ships from a coal port. (Michael Gorton/AAP PHOTOS)Charges have been dropped against protesters over a blockade of ships from a coal port. (Michael Gorton/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAPPolice will not pursue hundreds of charges levelled at protesters who blockaded the nation's biggest coal port. Climate Defenders founder Julie Grix, whose organisation represented many of those charged, said Australia leads the world for arresting climate protesters. "Nobody wants hundreds of peaceful people facing criminal charges for trying to protect their future," she said.