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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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Submission to the Garnaut ReviewHere is Rising Tide Newcastle's submission to the Garnaut Climate Change Review. Other submissions to the review are here. Submitted by admin on 11 April 2008 - 10:55pm.
Shopping costs the earthCheap imports fuel coal exports...Have you every wondered why we are so dependent on export coal? We’ve heard lots of arguments for buying products that are made in Australia, but did you know that buying overseas-produced products is also fuelling climate change? Cheap imported consumer products are driving up greenhouse gases, and you can help stop global warming by buying less.
How does buying stuff fuel climate change?
In two key ways: Submitted by admin on 17 March 2008 - 4:22pm.
Position paper - NSW electricity privatisationRising Tide Newcastle's position paper on the proposed privatisation of NSW electricity is here. The accompanying media release is here. Kevin Rudd can ratify all the Kyoto's he wants, but if he doesn't give up coal we're screwedThis article was written by Rising Tide member Steve Phillips in the wake of the election of a new Labor Government for Australia, for the New York independent media newspaper The Indypendent. Clean CoalWhat is “Clean coal” and why is it being promoted? Submitted by admin on 12 July 2007 - 10:16am.
Can we count the costs of coal?Coal trains have begun to creep slowly back into the port of Newcastle, after the Hunter Region's world-beating export coal chain was crippled by freak weather. It is a good time for us all to be asking some questions: did coal exports contribute to the storm in the first place, and if so, haven't they done enough damage?
Climate change one pagerActually, it's two pages, but one sheet if you print it double-sided. It is designed as an introduction to the latest science on climate change, and the scale of action required to avoid disaster. Take one when you visit your local member. Submitted by steve phillips on 9 April 2007 - 3:12pm.
Can't beat climate catastophe without a grassroots movementThis is a speech given by RT member Steve Phillips to a forum at the University of Sydney on March 2nd 2007, put on by the journal Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. The day-long conference was divided into four sections: "Political Economy Perspectives", "Geopolitical Perspectives", "Policy Perspectives", and "Community Perpectives". Steve spoke in the last section. Speakers included academics, business professionals, unionists, politicians, paid and unpaid activists. The conference asked the following questions:  |
