Jeanette Fitzsimons wrote this post as she worked on her submission to the Government’s just-completed climate change target consultation process. Like hundreds of New Zealanders I went to one of the Government’s...
Read MoreJeanette Fitzsimons writes… Our recent post about Fonterra’s new coal mine seems to have provoked a flurry of denials from Fonterra and Solid Energy. Why so sensitive? Fonterra says their Mangatangi mine is not “on hold”...
Read MoreJeanette Fitzsimons writes… Fonterra’s subsidiary Glencoal has put its plans for an open cast mine on SH2 at Mangatangi on hold indefinitely. The local community is celebrating. They worked very hard with submissions on...
Read MoreGlobal Divestment Day spans continents and time zones. It’s being held worldwide on February 13th and 14th – and there are five New Zealand events for you to get involved in. So what is Global Divestment Day?...
Read MoreThe nationwide Heads in the Sand events on Sunday 7 December to protest the New Zealand Government’s pathetic lack of action on climate change got lots of media coverage, including on English- and Chinese-language TV...
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