'Could Have Been Catastrophic': Port Slams Climate Activist Graffiti Stunt

'Could have been catastrophic': Port slams climate activist graffiti stunt

Rising Tide members said they sprayed 'TAX ME' on a coal ship in Newcastle Harbour to call for climate justice, in a move Port of Newcastle slammed as unsafe,

Port slams climate group's 'irresponsible' graffiti stunt

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‘Tax Me’ protest targets coal ship named Climate Justice in Newcastle

A two-year-old kamsarmax belonging to Safe Bulkers became the centre of an environmental protest today at the world’s largest coal exporting port.  This morning in Newcastle, Australia, members of climate justice group Rising Tide painted on the Climate Justice ship the words ‘Tax Me’ to call on the federal government to introduce a 78% fossil …