Category: coal industry
Bathurst Resources: Poised Above The Precipice
Our first Coal Action Network Aotearoa strategy day of 2025 focused on Bathurst Resources, the...
Read MoreBeware 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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“Fuelling Dissension”
XMAS GIFTS! When you buy Jane Young’s excellent “Fuelling Dissension: Coal and coal...
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The emperor’s new economics: how neoliberalism lets coal miners get away with making wild, unsupported claims about economic benefits
by Jane Young ‘Neoliberalism’ is one of those terms rarely used in a complimentary sense. In fact...
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Growth in the dairy industry is resurrecting coal – and killing the climate. Join us in the heart of dairy country to take action.
Growth in the dairy industry is resurrecting coal – and killing the climate. 95% of Fonterra’s...
Read MoreCome to the CANA Summerfest 2017, 21-23 January!
Growth in the dairy industry is resurrecting coal – and killing the climate. Join us 21-23 January for a summer camp: network with other activists, share information and stories, learn more about NVDA and plan an action....
Read MoreCoal Prices – do they prove us wrong?
by Jeanette Fitzsimons Industry is exulting over a stellar rise in the coal price this year. But we won’t be investing our savings. The 5 year steady drop in the price of coking coal since 2011 has slowed work at Stockton,...
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Auckland Coal Action: Activists carry out Waikato coal mine inspection, leave climate message
A group of eight activists from Auckland Coal Action, many of them grandparents, have carried out...
Read MoreDon’t Take Our Word For How Bad Mokau South Is – Take Waikato Regional Council’s Word. And Submit By Next Tuesday.
Submissions on Mokau South’ Resources’ proposal to strip-mine the Panirau Plateau in the Mokau River Catchment for coal close next Tuesday, 2 February. We have had a good response to our call for submissions against...
Read MoreThe Coal Industry Wants To Strip Mine The Mokau. Help Us Stop Them.
Already know you want to help? Find out how in our Mokau South submission guide (Word | PDF) As NASA has confirmed, 2015 was the hottest year on record. So the idea of starting any new coal mine represents a dangerous...
Read MoreOne Woman Stood Up To Fonterra. Now You Can Follow Her Example.
Now you can use Action Station’s streamlined submission form to tell Environment Canterbury not to let Fonterra build two dirty new coal-fired boilers at its Studholme plant! This is Selva. Along with nearly 3000 other New...
Read MoreThe 2015 Revised Edition of Jobs After Coal: More Timely Than Ever
The 2015 revised edition of CANA’s report Jobs After Coal: A Just Transition for New Zealand Communities was released on the 2nd of May, in conjunction with a speech CANA organising group member Jeanette Fitzsimons gave at the...
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