Comments for Coal Action Network Aotearoa

Comment on CANA voices support for 70-strong Denniston protest, questions Bathurst Resources’ integrity by Gillian Pollock

Gillian Pollock — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 20:27:56 +0000

I fully support the protest. Hate that an Australian company wants to trash our special places.

Comment on Stopping coal in its tracks by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 04:55:09 +0000

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Comment on US Republicans want to accelerate global warming by Jane Young

Jane Young — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 07:36:36 +0000

To be honest, I’m trying really hard not to read about what’s happening in the US in the lead up to their next election. All it does is make me even more pessimistic about the future than I am already. I’d rather hang on to some faint shreds of hope that we can influence the outcome of the existential crises we face, by doing whatever we can to bring about a change of direction here in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Comment on The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation by georgia

georgia — Mon, 15 May 2023 05:09:13 +0000

I think something missing in this is that a lot of really good adaptation and risk reduction measures ARE mitigation measures either directly or indirectly. Think nature based solutions at the strategic level, restoring wetlands, supporting biodiversity, urban ngahere (though not actually a very good drawdown method according to carbon sequestration data, it reduces carbon emitted from buildings needing to heat up and cool down due to temperature moderation of urban vegetation), riparian planting on a large scale, protecting and restoring natural features like sand dunes, mangroves. Normalising the use of blue green infrastructure… its not either or, and they arent really so different once you look into it.

Comment on The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation by Eliz Walker

Eliz Walker — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 15:07:12 +0000

Mitigation & adaptation needed now: cows, coal, gas etc… Our Transport, energy and other models must change. Degrowth offers possibilities, as does regenerative farming. I hope new graduates are equipped to take on the changes needed. Neither politicians nor farmers nor business leaders are serious about change. Thanks for your focus & your post.

Comment on The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation by JAMES

JAMES — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 22:18:02 +0000

“A low-carbon society IS possible”

maybe. that society will probably look rather different to what we have now!

“will actually be good for our economy.”

what do you mean by ‘good’?
It’s unclear to me white zealand as a settler-exporting state can survive without livestock farming, tourism, mineral exports (including aluminium) – that’s pretty much our top ten exports right there.

almost certainly not with three million unwanted unconstitutional white settlers…

It’s not an either or situation. It’s both.

Comment on The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:11:22 +0000

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Comment on Guest Post from Dr. George Preddey, Physicist by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:56:07 +0000

Comment on Beware the Spin Doctors by Cindy Baxter

Cindy Baxter — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:40:39 +0000

In reply to Graham Townsend.

Hi Graham
while we have a specific beef with RNZ’s Nights programme, the rest of RNZ doesn’t deserve to be painted with that brush. They do a lot of very good climate change coverage, including the science, and stuff on coal and a whole bunch of articles and interviews that are very good. They often interview us on our views, and I’ve been on Morning Report a few times recently.
So I wouldn’t tar the whole of RNZ with the “Nights with Brian Crump” brush: I just don’t think it’s warranted.

Comment on Beware the Spin Doctors by Graham Townsend

Graham Townsend — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 03:40:28 +0000

Totally agree. RNZ in particular should NOT be promoting this industry greenwash. I keep going back to these quotes: “Polls show that a majority of people… believe global warming is a fact, and yet somehow they don’t believe it will really affect their lives, and they certainly don’t intend to change their own lives radically to help stop it happening…
…‘Global warming is a problem – but not yet, O Lord, please’ is their unconscious prayer. Folk who DO take global warming seriously are thought slightly mad, or over-intense, unlike the sensible majority who just somehow know things will always go on as they do today….
…it’s like religion: don’t bring it up. …
Easier to carry on as usual…”
Maggie Gee, in ‘Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery and the Genius of the Royal Society.’ (Bill Bryson Ed., HarperCollins, 2010)
Can we hold RNZ to account?
https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/radio-new-zealand-responsible-science-environment-coverage-please