Category: carbon emissions
The Australian election: what does it mean for climate, coal and gas?
[first, a credit to First Dog on the Moon for his fantastic cartoon] One of the most interesting...
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Thoughts on the 26th UN Climate Summit, COP26
“Humankind cannot bear much reality” -T.S. Eliot The UN-sponsored Conference of Parties (COP) was...
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CLIMATE ACTION FOR AOTEAROA – CANA SUBMISSION TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION, MARCH 2021
All That Summer All that summer we sailed the drowned isthmus, Miramar Island bulking east. Diving...
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CANA responds to the Climate Change Commission’s draft report
Fonterra needs to get cracking on quitting coal! New Zealand’s second-largest coal user, Fonterra,...
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CANA supports improved Air Quality Standards, questions the state of public health in the Buller
CANA supports the Ministry for the Environment’s proposed tightening of the National...
Read MoreGuest Post from Dr. George Preddey, Physicist
Here is the submission of Dr. George Preddey (pictured, with his grandchildren) on the Covid-19 RMA fast-track consenting bill: Please accept this personal submission on the Covid-19 RMA fast-track consenting bill. Since 2009 I...
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Climate models are running hot
At the EDS Climate Change and Business conference in Auckland this October, Prof. Tim Naish of the...
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The Zero-Carbon Act and the amended Emissions Trading Scheme
Whilst CANA is disappointed at the many omissions that remain in the ETS and ZCA – despite...
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A major loophole threatens the Zero Carbon bill
Forty-two organisations have written to Environment Minister David Parker about the loophole,...
Read MoreNew climate report a wakeup call for all governments, including NZ
PRESS RELEASE The IPCC report on 1.5˚C should be a wake-up call for the government as it negotiates the Zero Carbon Act with the opposition, says Coal Action Network Aotearoa. The report, just released today, says C02 emissions...
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Years Of Pressure On Oil and Gas Exploration Pay Off: Jacinda Ardern Announces An End To Offshore Oil And Gas Block Offers
by Zella Downing. Good on Jacinda Ardern and the current New Zealand government for their courage...
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Fonterra pledges 13 more years of new coal boilers
14 November 2017 Coal Action Network (CANA) has awarded Fonterra half a tick for at least...
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