Category: climate change
Govt coal boiler ban welcome, but leaves door open for gas, favours Fonterra
The Government’s latest efforts to tackle emissions from coal are not the kind of bold action required to get New Zealand onto a net zero emissions pathway, and disappointingly leaves the door open for gas.
Read MoreFonterra should be ashamed of causing coal mine expansion: CANA supports activists
Fonterra should be ashamed of causing a coal mine expansion Bathurst Resource’s planned extension of its Canterbury coal mine, shut down by protesters this morning, is proof that dairy companies like Fonterra are not moving out...
Read MoreGuest Post from Dr. George Preddey, Physicist
Here is the submission of Dr. George Preddey (pictured, with his grandchildren) on the Covid-19 RMA fast-track consenting bill: Please accept this personal submission on the Covid-19 RMA fast-track consenting bill. Since 2009 I...
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The Zero-Carbon Act and the amended Emissions Trading Scheme
Whilst CANA is disappointed at the many omissions that remain in the ETS and ZCA – despite...
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Wide interest in Zero Carbon Bill submissions
Jeanette Fitzsimmons’ and Jim Salinger’s recent submissions to the Zero Carbon Bill...
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Protesters greet mining conference field trip, demanding rapid phase-out of coal
PRESS RELEASE Protesters today greeted mining conference delegates on their field trip to the...
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Years Of Pressure On Oil and Gas Exploration Pay Off: Jacinda Ardern Announces An End To Offshore Oil And Gas Block Offers
by Zella Downing. Good on Jacinda Ardern and the current New Zealand government for their courage...
Read MoreHey Fonterra: Coal Must Go but Gas Ain’t Green
by Rosemary Penwarden The tobacco industry got nervous when people began to question the health impacts of cigarettes in the 1950s. In response, their marketers invented the filter-tipped cigarette, to screen out tar and...
Read MoreFonterra Rorts the ETS
from Jeanette Fitzsimons It is perhaps no surprise that our friend Fonterra, as the second biggest coal user in NZ (and a substantial user of gas as well), is among the “dirty dozen” largest users of fraudulent ETS credits...
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Auckland Coal Action: Activists carry out Waikato coal mine inspection, leave climate message
A group of eight activists from Auckland Coal Action, many of them grandparents, have carried out...
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Chch council should drop climate deniers from expert review panel
PRESS RELEASE The Christchurch City Council should drop the two climate deniers it recently...
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