TAREE CLIMATE ACTIVISTS JOIN NATIONAL CHORUS AGAINST COAL AND GAS MINING

A small group of activists from the Mid Coast have joined the national chorus, calling on the federal government to stop coal and gas mining projects – and invest in renewable energy.

12-year-old Shiloh Herzberg-Nicholls organising a strike in Taree with a local chapter of the Knitting Nannas.

it’s a real problem and it really needs fixing and I feel like a lot of people just don’t understand it or don’t know what the problem is,” Shiloh said.

It comes as thousands turned out to School Strike 4 Climate rallies in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart.