Jeanette Fitzsimons writes… Our recent post about Fonterra’s new coal mine seems to have provoked a flurry of denials from Fonterra and Solid Energy. Why so sensitive? Fonterra says their Mangatangi mine is not “on hold”...
Read MoreJeanette Fitzsimons writes… Fonterra’s subsidiary Glencoal has put its plans for an open cast mine on SH2 at Mangatangi on hold indefinitely. The local community is celebrating. They worked very hard with submissions on...
Read MoreJeanette Fitzsimons follows up her earlier report, Second Elephant Needed at Mangatawhiri: Today there was no elephant, despite the need for two. It just shows how hard it is for unpaid voluntary activists to be there all the...
Read MoreToday 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 MoreFonterra is yet again in the news for a product safety scare that has major international consequences for New Zealand. The initial problem has been compounded by Fonterra’s secretive and arrogant corporate culture. In the...
Read MoreFonterra wants to build a new coal mine at Mangatawhiri, near Auckland, and Auckland Coal Action is working with local residents to oppose it. Submissions on the proposed mine are now open and close on Thursday 28 March. Please...
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