Category: Denniston
Help Save the Denniston Plateau!
Please sign our petition to protect this unique natural landscape, the Denniston Plateau, to stop...
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What’s Going On At Stockton?
Failed state-owned coal company Solid Energy may no longer be hitting the headlines, but that...
Read MoreThe Stakes Are High On The Denniston Plateau: Bathurst Resources “Alternative Stakeholder Meeting” 8.15am-9.30am, Friday 14 November, Wellington
The Stakes Are High On The Denniston Plateau Bathurst Resources “Alternative Stakeholder Meeting” 8.15am-9.30am, Friday 14 November Meet at Verve Café, 250 Lambton Quay, Wellington Facebook...
Read MoreStern Criticism of Westpac – From A Surprising Quarter
A recently published article contains a stern critique of Westpac over their continuing financial support of coal miners Bathurst Resources, who have now begun removing “overburden” (i.e. the ecosystem) from the...
Read MoreMining decision a tragedy for Denniston plateau
Press release The news that Bathurst plans to start mining at Denniston on 1 July is a tragedy for the stunning ecology of the plateau, Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA) said today. “Not only is this a tragedy for the...
Read MoreCoal communities deserve better than the “boom and bust” coal industry
We at Coal Action Network have a vision for Aotearoa: that we are coal-free by 2027. We’ve arrived at this date as it’s when all the current coal mines in operation around the country will reach their end date. It doesn’t...
Read MoreThe real deal on Westpac’s coal funding
When we started our campaign against Westpac because of its investment in Bathurst Resources, the company bit back. No, no, we don’t invest in Denniston, they said. We were investing in Bathurst before they were planning...
Read MoreMinister of Conservation should halt Denniston Plateau mining
Press release Coal Action Network Aotearoa today called on the Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith, to not issue Bathurst Resources the DOC consent it needs to enter and operate its planned mine on the Denniston Plateau, in...
Read MoreCustomers queue to demand end to Westpac support of Denniston coal mine
Press Release from Coal Action Network Aotearoa & 350 Aotearoa Today Westpac customers queued at the Wellington Cuba Street Westpac branch, forming a continuous line and symbolically withdrawing a dollar to send Westpac a...
Read MoreNationwide week of action calls on Westpac to stop financing climate change
Press Release from Coal Action Network Aotearoa & 350 Aotearoa Westpac banks right across New Zealand will be the focus of a week of action this week, calling on the bank to stop funding Bathurst Resources’ bid to mine the...
Read MoreNorwegian Pension Fund Divests From Bathurst Resources
CANA press release from 13 November Coal Action Network Aotearoa’s Tim Jones says the campaign to save the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau is not over, even though Forest and Bird have decided not to appeal an Environment Court...
Read MoreWhat’ll I tell the grandkids, thirty years from now?
I wish I could tell them that yes, it came close, but we did save the Denniston Plateau. I wish I could say to my grandkids that, looking back, by 2013 the tide was turning. Maybe it was the movement to divest from fossil fuels...
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