About this episode

The episode features an interview with Jess Fordyce and John Wurcker discussing their efforts to end coal exports from Newcastle through protest activities.

An interview with Jess Fordyce and John Wurcker from the current Newcastle Rising Tide crew in 2024 Rising Tide is comitted to ending coal exports from Newcastle, the worlds biggest coal port. They are holding "protestivals" to shut down the shipping lane into the port every year which are growing in size and effect, in 2024 turning around a massive coal ship with their kayaks. https://www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025

People in this episode

Guests: Jess Fordyce, John Wurcker

Topics covered

• environmental activism
• coal exports
• protests
• Newcastle
• climate change
• community action

Keywords

• Rising Tide
• coal exports
• Newcastle
• protestivals
• climate activism
• kayak protests
• shipping lane

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rising Tide

Places: Newcastle, Australia

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