Category: Coal
Beware the Spin Doctors
By Rosemary Penwarden “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” – Upton Sinclair The CANA (Coal Action Network Aotearoa) organising team knows a LOT about...
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Takitumu Mine Occupation, May 2022
IN THE HEART OF THE BEAST: CLIMATE ACTION AT THE COAL FACE Guest post by Silvia Purdie On Monday 2...
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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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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...
Read MoreIt’s coal’s turn on the ash heap of history
CANA member Tim Jones has an excellent op-ed in Newsroom: “Governments around the world are announcing phase-out dates for coal. It’s time New Zealand stopped dragging the chain…”
Read MoreBathurst to close Canterbury Coal Mine: all eyes now on Fonterra
The news today that Bathurst Resources is to close its Canterbury Coal mine at Coalgate is a...
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A guide to making submissions against the Coalgate mine, via the Selwyn District Plan
Earlier this year, CANA opposed the granting of resource consents, by Environment Canterbury and...
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“Fuelling Dissension”
XMAS GIFTS! When you buy Jane Young’s excellent “Fuelling Dissension: Coal and coal...
Read MoreFonterra should be ashamed of causing coal mine expansion: CANA supports activists
Fonterra should be ashamed of causing a coal mine expansion Bathurst Resource’s planned extension of its Canterbury coal mine, shut down by protesters this morning, is proof that dairy companies like Fonterra are not moving out...
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Coal, Air Quality, Health and Deprivation
This is the first of several posts on the impact of fossil fuels on air quality and health. To...
Read MoreFrom indigenous mudfish to the climate: you can’t trust Bathurst Resources
Coal company Bathurst Resources is at it again, this time applying to expand its coal mine at Coalgate, in mid-Canterbury, adding another 18ha to its current mine, which supplies the Fonterra and Synlait dairy factories. ...
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Bathurst Coalgate expansion submission guide
SUBMISSION GUIDE AGAINST BATHURST’S PROPOSED EXPANSION OF COAL MINING NEAR COALGATE Please...
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