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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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Sunnyside coal proposalSUNNYSIDE COAL MINE PROPOSAL image from www.whitehaven.net.au
Proposal: Whitehaven Coal are proposing to up to 160 hectare open-cut mine, producing 1 million tonnes of coal per year. The coal from the mine (which would be tiny by Hunter Valley standards) would produce about two and a half million tonnes of equivalent carbon dioxide every year (comparison: the NSW metal production industry produced a bit over 7 million tonnes in 2004). Process as at end December 2006: The Director General of the Planning Department has provided Whitehaven with the Requirements for the Environmental Assessment (EARs). Interestingly, the EARs require an “assessment of greenhouse gases emitted generated by...the transport of the coal to the Port of Newcastle”, but do not require an assessment of the climate change impacts of the eventual burning of the coal. Keep up to date on the NSW Planning Department website: http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/asp/register2006.asp#north Further info: Check out this map of the Whitehaven empire Local contacts: Submitted by admin on 29 December 2006 - 11:10am.
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Location: In the Gunnedah Basin of Northern NSW, which the industry refers to as the “new coal frontier”. The Sunnyside proposal is 15km west of Gunnedah.