Category: Coal
Jeanette Fitzsimons, the coal campaigner
On Wednesday night 4 March we held our fortnightly Zoom call for an hour and a half, a standing...
Read MoreNew Canterbury coal mine will have a fight on its hands
PRESS RELEASE If a coal miner – today given a green light to purchase sensitive Canterbury land for its coal – thinks it will be able to build a new coal mine it is likely to face serious opposition, Coal Action...
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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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Fonterra: a useful step forward?
By Jeanette Fitzsimons In April, the media reported that Fonterra has carried out a trial of...
Read MoreResponding to Bernie
Coal Action Network Aotearoa was recently approached by the editor of the insider mining magazine “Inside Resources,” Bernie Napp, who had read our submission to MBIE/EECA on process heat and wanted to create a...
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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...
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The Kopako1 Protest: A View from the Inside
By Melanie Vautier On Sunday the CANA organising group, along with many other wonderful people,...
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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 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...
Read MoreSign The Petition: Stop Te Kuha Coalmine
Sign the petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-te-kuha-coal-mine Read our press release: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1712/S00201/not-too-late-for-govt-to-say-no-to-mining-doc-land.htm The Buller...
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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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