Comments on: Rising Tide Australia Closes Down World’s Largest Coal Port

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:54:05 +0000

The Newcastle Port will open a new coal terminal in March 2010 and this will lead to a big increase in coal exported. Several new mines are due to open in the Hunter Valley and some existing mines have plans to increase capacity.
Japanese, South Korean, Chinese, American and European companies have increasing stakes in these coalmines.
There appears to be a big gap between the phasing out of coal and the appearance of greener energies in sufficient quantities.
Nuclear development is moving quite slowly with the States of NSW and Western Australia refusing to allow mining of uranium.

By: Rob&Lisa

Rob&Lisa — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:12:36 +0000

Congrats rising tide another spanner in their dirty energy works.Now maybe just maybe someone can blockade the trains from leaving the mines i cant unless i want to go to jail…

By: matt

matt — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:53:40 +0000

While we can’t promise you any opportunities for watersports, you can take direct action against coal next month here in the states! Come to Charlotte, NC April 20 for a march and civil disobedience at Duke Energy’s headquarters to demand that they cancel the Cliffside coal plant.

http://www.stopcliffside.org

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:46:05 +0000

Sweeet!!! How many days in succession would we need to do this to actually disrupt their business?

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:25:45 +0000

Well done everyone – great to see direct action that literally stops the flow of dirty energy – keep it up!

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:46:15 +0000

oh dang, thats cool

By: Katherine

Katherine — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:58:26 +0000

Sad, but the first thing I thought was, “I wish I was somewhere warm enough to float in the ocean.”

But, well done Rising Tide! Very exciting! Now let’s just get all the coal PLANTS and the coal MINES shut down too!