Rising Tide Newcastle - John Wurcker - 2023-09-01 BTL
From Align in the Sound - New Economy Network / Radio BTL / CoCanberra by 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams
November 21, 2025 · 29 min
About this episode
An interview with John Wurcker discussing the efforts of Rising Tide to end coal exports from Newcastle.
An interview with John Wurcker from the current Newcastle Rising Tide crew in 2023 Rising Tide is commited 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.
People in this episode
Guest: John Wurcker
Topics covered
- coal exports
- environmental activism
- protests
- Newcastle
- Rising Tide
- climate change
Keywords
- Rising Tide
- Newcastle
- coal exports
- protestivals
- environmental activism
- climate change
- John Wurcker
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Rising Tide
Places: Newcastle
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