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About us. Rising Tide Australia is a grassroots Newcastle group taking action against the causes of anthropogenic climate change and for equitable, just, effective, and sustainable solutions to the crisis. We are committed to the principals of Non-violent Direct Action. We are part of the global Rising Tide climate justice movement. We live in the biggest coal port in the cosmos.
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Climate change, fish and the fishing industryThe Hunter Community Environment Centre recently met with the Commercial Fishermen's Cooperative to discuss with them the impact of climate change on the fishing industry.
The State Government and a consortium of coal companies are planning to expand the export capacity of Newcastle port by around 70% by building a third coal loading terminal at Kooragang island and linking it to seven massive new open cut coal mines and coal mine expansions in the Valley.
All seven of those mines are owned by the same companies that are proposing to build the new coal terminal.
This will unacceptably increase the Hunter's contribution to global climate change and one of the industries that will feel the effects -- now and into the future -- is the fishing industry.
You can read information about climate change, fish and fishing here.
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