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Te Kuha protection a “victory for the people, climate change, and great spotted kiwi”
PRESS RELEASE 16 June 2018 The decision to protect a section of the West Coast’s Mt Rochfort Conservation area from becoming a coal mine – announced today by the Government – will come as an enormous relief to a lot...
Read MoreUpdated Livestream Details: Fossil Free Acceleration Tour with Bill McKibben: Wellington, Sunday 6 May, and Auckland, Monday 7 May, Plus Livestream on 7 May
UPDATE: Here are the latest livestream details: There are several livestream events happening at 7pm on the 7th of May in Otaki (in partnership with Māoriland Film Festival), Christchurch, Dunedin (in partnership with Wise...
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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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Good News For Your Health, Bad News For The Coal Industry: Christchurch Hospital Decides To Use Biomass For Heat
Together with friends from OraTaiao: New Zealand Climate and Health Council, I spent a wet, cold...
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Fundraising Appeal: Help Us Save Te Kuha
It’s 2018. Coal belongs in the last century. Can you believe there are 14 new coal mines on the...
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Is Fonterra Really Changing? We Don’t Think So.
by Jeanette Fitzsimons Last November Fonterra reported that they will “only use coal as a...
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Pushing Natural Gas – A Dangerous Diversion Tactic, Not A Transition Fuel To 100% Renewables
by Rosemary Penwarden “Natural gas will be an important transition fuel as the world tackles...
Read MoreSign Today! Petition to Save Te Kuha From Coal Mining Closes This Week!
Sign the petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-te-kuha-coal-mine 2017 was a year of terrible climate disruption worldwide, and 2018 isn’t starting off any better. Two weeks ago, there was a near-record...
Read MoreSign Today! Petition to Save Te Kuha From Coal Mining Closes This Week!
Sign the petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-te-kuha-coal-mine 2017 was a year of terrible climate disruption worldwide, and 2018 isn’t starting off any better. Two weeks ago, there was a near-record...
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The Bentley Effect: How an Australian community defeated fracking
This great film about how an Australian community defeated fracking is now touring NZ – take...
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Using the Election to Fight Climate Change
Cows, rivers, tractors, pipelines – all prominent in this election campaign. But how about...
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Welcome to the Maquiladoras: New Zealand Government Considers Setting Up Special Economic Zones To Privilege Mining Interests And Override Environmental Protections And Investment And Immigration Controls
Ever since its election in 2008, the National-led Government has tried to talk up the mining and...
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