Category: Coal Action Murihiku
CANA Summerfest Postponed
Unfortunately, due to a range of factors including COVID, personal commitments and everything else that’s happening in Southland, we’ve decided not to hold CANA’s Summerfest 2022 in January near Gore as...
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Changing Hearts And Minds At Mossburn Sunday Market
by Jenny Campbell Changing hearts and minds takes a long time but continuing the conversations...
Read MoreAscot Park Hotel In Invercargill Ruins Its Sustainability Story By Choosing Lignite
This is a guest post by Coal Action Murihiku member Dave Kennedy from Invercargill. Last year Environment Southland revealed that both Invercargill and Gore had exceeded air pollution standards multiple times due to the on going...
Read MoreNewsletter July 2013
Kia Ora all The last month or so has seen a number of revelations on several of our coal fronts. From Solid Energy walking away from the briquetting plant in Southland to ongoing developments for Bathurst Resources’ efforts to...
Read MoreSolid Energy appears locked in combat over who should pay for lignite plant
UPDATE: Press release, 20 June 2013 – Solid energy has now released a statement… so we have responded: According to information in an OIA about health and safety issues at the Mataura plant – recently...
Read MoreCoal Action Murihiku Takes On Briquettes and Bathurst In Its April Newsletter
It’s been a really good few months for our Southland regional group, Coal Action Murihiku. Solid Energy’s arrogance and mismanagement came home to roost with a vengeance, meaning that the threat to Southland’s...
Read MoreSummerfest 2013: The View From Southland
The 2013 Keep the Coal in the Hole Summer Festival was organised by Coal Action Murihiku (CAM), the Southland regional group affiliated with the Coal Action Network Aotearoa. So it seems appropriate to highlight a couple of...
Read MoreSouthland lignite proposals “100% stupidity” Aussie farmer tells meeting
Press release The idea of digging up fertile farmland for lignite coal was “100% stupidity,” an Australian farmer told a Southland meeting today. Rob McCreath was addressing the “Keep the Coal in the Hole” summer festival in...
Read MoreSummer Festival Registration Deadline Extended
If you were thinking of attending the 2013 Keep the Coal in the Hole Summer Festival, but hadn’t quite got round to registering by the original deadline of last Thursday, here’s some good news: Coal Action Murihiku,...
Read MoreSummerfest 2013 – And What We’ve Achieved Since Summerfest 2012
The 2013 Keep the Coal in the Hole Summer Festival runs from 18-21 January, which means that it starts in a fortnight’s time! And registrations are due to close on 10 January, which means that you should hurry if you want...
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