Today began the second week of hearings on Glencoal’s (a wholly owned coal mining subsidiary of Fonterra’s who sell only to their parent company) application for consents to construct an open cast coal mine on 30 ha of farmland...
Read MorePress release from the West Coast Environment Network 11 March 2013 A small West Coast environment group will face off against two large coal companies – Australian Bathurst Resources and state-owned Solid Energy – at the...
Read MoreRosemary Penwarden writes: Sharon McGarry did not save the day. Mt William stands in line as the next mountaintop removal on the Stockton plateau. It’s the sequel to a very sad story of ignorance, intimidation and elephants; my...
Read MoreI am the elephant in the room. Today the legal system in NZ has confirmed once again that it cannot see me. West Coast regional council commissioners have given the go-ahead to a new coal mine at Mt William. I sat in the room...
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