As I flew up the country from Wellington to Auckland this week, on yet another beautiful day, I was struck by the colour of our country. Brown. Burned to a crisp. Â The occasional smattering of green forest, but an island...
Read MorePress release from the West Coast Environment Network 11 March 2013 A small West Coast environment group will face off against two large coal companies – Australian Bathurst Resources and state-owned Solid Energy – at the...
Read MoreRosemary Penwarden writes: Sharon McGarry did not save the day. Mt William stands in line as the next mountaintop removal on the Stockton plateau. It’s the sequel to a very sad story of ignorance, intimidation and elephants; my...
Read MoreSharon McGarry thinks carbon dioxide makes holes in the ozone layer. No, not a year nine science student but a commissioner; one of three in Westport recently entrusted with the task of unravelling the scientific and economic...
Read MoreFor Immediate Release 25/05/2012 An ‘elephant’ will attend a coal mining resource consent hearing in Westport on Monday, representing the climate change concerns environment groups are banned from voicing. Resource...
Read MoreKia ora koutou, Solid Energy have proposed another huge mine on Mt William on the South Island’s West Coast. Submissions close Monday 19th March. We would really like as many people as possible to submit against the mine...
Read MorePlease download the July 2011 update about the escarpment opencast coal mine proposal on the Denniston Plateau on the West Coast, and the campaign to stop it: EMP Update 2 _13 July_ It is from the West Coast Environment Network,...
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