Category: Aotearoa
Three Days to have our Say on the Fast-Track Bill!
This week, the Minister for the Environment, David Parker, introduced a Bill to create jobs and...
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Nationwide Emissions database
With the assistance of a data specialist, CANA has compiled databases of Discharge to Air (DTA)...
Read MoreEDS Climate Change and Business Conference 2019
EDS hold an annual Climate Change and Business Conference that is a bellwether event for climate awareness and action in NZ. Presentations from this year’s conference are available here. The following are my personal...
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NZ Petroleum Conference – letter to Megan Woods
Hon Dr Megan Woods Minister of Energy and Resources September 23, 2019 Dr Woods This letter is...
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Does Wellington really want to be the coalest little capital?
By Melanie Vautier and Tim Jones. First published on The Spinoff. Extinction Rebellion takes a...
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The Minerals Blockade: A View From the Frontline
By Melanie Vautier I recently found myself in Dunedin for the first time in a decade. It was...
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Coal in Aotearoa – Discussion Day, Sunday 26 May
A day of discussion, information…. and plotting the end of coal in Aotearoa. Sunday...
Read MoreRise for Climate Report: Aotearoa to the World
Saturday 8 September was a wonderful, inspiring moment to be a part of the climate justice movement. An international day “Rise for Climate,” organized by 350.org, resulted in over 250 000 people, 900+ events, in 95+ countries,...
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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...
Read MoreRise for Climate on Saturday 8 September
Updated 6/9/18 with Invercargill event details – see below. Mark your calendar – on Saturday 8 September find a Rise for Climate event in a city or town near you (or create one!). Real climate leadership rises from...
Read MoreTe Kuha protection a “victory for the people, climate change, and great spotted kiwi”
PRESS RELEASE 16 June 2018 The decision to protect a section of the West Coast’s Mt Rochfort Conservation area from becoming a coal mine – announced today by the Government – will come as an enormous relief to a lot...
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“This Day, We Fight!”: Aragorn, Bill McKibben, And Climate Change
by Melanie Vautier On Sunday the 6th of May I had the privilege of seeing climate change activist...
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