Category: coal industry
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...
Read MoreFonterra Sneaks Round The Corner – Part 2
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 MoreCoal communities deserve better than the “boom and bust” coal industry
We at Coal Action Network have a vision for Aotearoa: that we are coal-free by 2027. We’ve arrived at this date as it’s when all the current coal mines in operation around the country will reach their end date. It doesn’t...
Read MoreJobs After Coal Report Launch, Wellington, Thursday 22 May
Coal Action Network Aotearoa is launching a major new report – and you’re invited to the launch event. Where: Wellington When: Thursday 22 May, 12.30-1.30pm Venue: Victoria University of Wellington, Pipitea Campus,...
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