“Fuelling Dissension”
Posted by Rob Taylor | Nov 26, 2020 | actions, Aotearoa, Bathurst Resources, Coal, coal industry, dirty dairying, economics, fossil fuels, mining, Solid Energy, West Coast | 0 |
Category: Solid Energy
“Fuelling Dissension”
XMAS GIFTS! When you buy Jane Young’s excellent “Fuelling Dissension: Coal and coal...
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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...
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Auckland Coal Action: Activists carry out Waikato coal mine inspection, leave climate message
A group of eight activists from Auckland Coal Action, many of them grandparents, have carried out...
Read MorePolitical Consensus Grows Around The End Of Thermal Coal
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 MoreFonterra Sneaks Round The Corner – Part 2
Jeanette Fitzsimons writes… Our recent post about Fonterra’s new coal mine seems to have provoked a flurry of denials from Fonterra and Solid Energy. Why so sensitive? Fonterra says their Mangatangi mine is not “on hold”...
Read MoreThe Privatisation of Solid Energy
by Jeanette Fitzsimons When Solid Energy went belly up with huge debts and failed businesses like its briquetting plant in Southland, the Government was forced to drop it off the list for privatisation because it was no longer...
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 MoreThe real deal on Westpac’s coal funding
When we started our campaign against Westpac because of its investment in Bathurst Resources, the company bit back. No, no, we don’t invest in Denniston, they said. We were investing in Bathurst before they were planning...
Read MoreWhat agreement did the Government make with Indian coal interests?
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 MoreMinister of Conservation should halt Denniston Plateau mining
Press release Coal Action Network Aotearoa today called on the Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith, to not issue Bathurst Resources the DOC consent it needs to enter and operate its planned mine on the Denniston Plateau, in...
Read MoreSouthland coal looks set to stay in the hole as briquette plant mothballed
16 October 2013– Coal activists are cheering today at the news that Solid Energy and GLT Ltd are mothballing the lignite briquette plant in Mataura, Southland, and said they were confident that a final decision...
Read MoreNewsletter July 2013
Kia Ora all The last month or so has seen a number of revelations on several of our coal fronts. From Solid Energy walking away from the briquetting plant in Southland to ongoing developments for Bathurst Resources’ efforts to...
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