Rising Tide North America is a grassroots network of groups and individuals in North America who take action against the root causes of climate change and work towards a Just Transition to a non-carbon society. Rising Tide North America is part of an international network dedicated to building a movement for climate justice. Rising Tide generally takes a strongly "no compromise" stance on the environment and a vehement opposition to solutions proposed by corporations who, they say, are responsible for creating environmental problems in the first place.
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