Category: mining
Bathurst Coalgate expansion submission guide
SUBMISSION GUIDE AGAINST BATHURST’S PROPOSED EXPANSION OF COAL MINING NEAR COALGATE Please...
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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 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 MoreNew Bathurst coal mine as much use as tits on a bull
by Rosemary Penwarden Bathurst Resources’ (BRL) shareholders were treated to a tale from fantasy land last week. The fantasy is that Bathurst’s newly acquired coal exploration permit near Waimate will service Fonterra’s...
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What’s Going On At Stockton?
Failed state-owned coal company Solid Energy may no longer be hitting the headlines, but that...
Read MoreThe Imperative to Leave it in the Ground
Guest blog by Tarsh Turner, a member of the NZ Youth Delegation at the climate talks in Lima. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been working to avert climate disaster for over two decades....
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Honey I shrunk the board!
Bathurst’s annual shareholder meeting took place on Friday morning, with activists holding...
Read MoreThe Stakes Are High On The Denniston Plateau: Bathurst Resources “Alternative Stakeholder Meeting” 8.15am-9.30am, Friday 14 November, Wellington
The Stakes Are High On The Denniston Plateau Bathurst Resources “Alternative Stakeholder Meeting” 8.15am-9.30am, Friday 14 November Meet at Verve Café, 250 Lambton Quay, Wellington Facebook...
Read MoreNational’s Mining Agenda Has Failed
So it’s come to this: The National-led Government’s ambition to have the mining, and separate oil and gas sector, underpin economic recovery has borne little long term gains in its past two terms. – from mining...
Read MoreStern Criticism of Westpac – From A Surprising Quarter
A recently published article contains a stern critique of Westpac over their continuing financial support of coal miners Bathurst Resources, who have now begun removing “overburden” (i.e. the ecosystem) from the...
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...
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