Category: Just Transitions
It’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…”
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Open letter to Parliament
Open letter to NZ Parliament Hundreds of the world’s top climate experts have collectively stated...
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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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#goodnewsstories
by Melanie Vautier You might have seen a new hashtag emerging on the CANA Facebook page:...
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Years Of Pressure On Oil and Gas Exploration Pay Off: Jacinda Ardern Announces An End To Offshore Oil And Gas Block Offers
by Zella Downing. Good on Jacinda Ardern and the current New Zealand government for their courage...
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ECO Conference shows unions and environmental groups are natural allies
Coal Action Network Aotearoa was well represented at the recent ECO (Environment and Conservation...
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 MoreJobs After Coal Roadshow Report
Rosemary Penwarden writes: Coal Action Network Aotearoa’s Jobs After Coal report (PDF, 3Mb) has been a couple of years in the making. Writing it was like one of those relays where you hand the baton to the next person, they go...
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,...
Read MoreMining plan ‘pure lunacy’, lobby group says
Coal Action Network Spokesperson Kristin Gillies on TVNZ’s Breakfast explaining why we think opening another coal mine is not the answer to the West Coast’s economic crisis. view here……. All Solid Energy...
Read MoreSolid Energy Job Losses: Its a matter of Justice
This Opinion Editorial by Coal Action Network Spokesperson Kristin Gillies recently featured in the Greymouth Star and the Southland Times: Many things get excused in the name of the economy. The government claims to want a...
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