Using the Election to Fight Climate Change
Cows, rivers, tractors, pipelines – all prominent in this election campaign. But how about...
Read Moreby tjonescan | Sep 19, 2017 | Green Party, Labour Party, National Party, New Zealand First, News, politics | 0 |
Cows, rivers, tractors, pipelines – all prominent in this election campaign. But how about...
Read Moreby tjonescan | Aug 31, 2015 | carbon emissions, coking coal, Fonterra, fossil fuels, Green Party, Labour Party, National Party, New Zealand First, politics, Solid Energy, steel | 0 |
For anyone still thinking that mining coal and burning it to provide heat or create electricity (that is, mining thermal coal) is a good way to make a buck, August 2015 was full of bad news. First, Wellington’s Dominion Post...
Read Moreby tjonescan | Dec 13, 2014 | actions, climate negotiations, Generation Zero, National Party, uncategorized | 0 |
We took action last Sunday… Heads in the Sand last Sunday, in which a thousand or so New Zealanders at 12 beaches around the country put their heads in the sand to symbolise the Government’s failure to act on climate...
Read Moreby tjonescan | Sep 10, 2014 | mining, National Party, news stories, politics | 2 |
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 Moreby Cana Admin | Mar 6, 2014 | carbon emissions, coal industry, coal projects, fossil fuels, Jeanette Fitzsimons, mining, Pike River, press releases, Simon Bridges, Solid Energy, steel, Stockton | 0 |
Statements made in Indian media by Indian Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma after he met with Energy Minister Simon Bridges on 30 January indicate a clear expectation of some kind of deal between the two Governments on coal, said...
Read Moreby tjonescan | Aug 4, 2013 | protest, Simon Bridges, Straterra, Wellington | 0 |
On Thursday 8 August, Simon Bridges, Minister of Energy and Resources is going to the mining club, Straterra, to “discuss how he sees the energy and resources portfolio evolving and his views on challenges facing the...
Read Moreby Cana Admin | Jul 29, 2013 | climate negotiations, coal industry, John Key, mining, news stories, oil drilling, politics | 0 |
Our charming Prime Minister – and Minister of Tourism – has excelled himself with his latest video promoting drilling, fracking and the general digging up of our beautiful country and its offshore marine environment....
Read Moreby tjonescan | Feb 25, 2013 | Bill English, briquetting plant, coal projects, John Key, Solid Energy | 1 |
“The Government was worried about Solid Energy’s ambitious investment plans and rosy view of coal prices as far back as 2009 but was unable to order the company to steer a safer course, Prime Minister John Key...
Read Moreby tjoneslists | Mar 22, 2012 | Bathurst Resources, Denniston, John Key | 0 |
John Key decided that opening the new Wellington headquarters of the Australian mining company that plans to open a massive new coalmine on the Denniston plateau is the sort of thing a New Zealand Prime Minister ought to do. A...
Read Moreby tjoneslists | Mar 15, 2012 | Bathurst Resources, Denniston, John Key | 0 |
Next Wednesday 21st March, 5 pm, 1 Willeston Street, Downtown Wellington John Key will officially open Bathurst Resources’ new New Zealand office. Bathurst Resources plan to develop New Zealand’s largest open-cast...
Read Moreby tjoneslists | Sep 12, 2011 | Bill English, lignite, National Party, politics, press releases | 0 |
Press release Monday 12 September 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE USE Coal Action Network Aotearoa today echoed the Deputy Prime Minister’s claim that the beginning of construction on Solid Energy’s planned plant to convert...
Read Moreby tjoneslists | Sep 5, 2011 | lignite, National Party, press releases | 0 |
Press release: Coal Action Network Aotearoa Tuesday 29th August 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Coal Action Network Aotearoa says that changes to the New Zealand Energy Strategy, released today, show that the Government is running...
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