Tag: Bathurst
Our biggest polluters are still calling the shots on coal
By Rosemary Penwarden This week the government gave the thumbs up for Fonterra to keep burning...
Read MoreIt’s coal’s turn on the ash heap of history
CANA member Tim Jones has an excellent op-ed in Newsroom: “Governments around the world are announcing phase-out dates for coal. It’s time New Zealand stopped dragging the chain…”
Read MoreBathurst to close Canterbury Coal Mine: all eyes now on Fonterra
The news today that Bathurst Resources is to close its Canterbury Coal mine at Coalgate is a...
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CANA responds to the Climate Change Commission’s draft report
Fonterra needs to get cracking on quitting coal! New Zealand’s second-largest coal user, Fonterra,...
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Stopping coal in its tracks
Land Protectors Stop Coal in its Tracks Press release from: Coal Action Network...
Read MoreFonterra should be ashamed of causing coal mine expansion: CANA supports activists
Fonterra should be ashamed of causing a coal mine expansion Bathurst Resource’s planned extension of its Canterbury coal mine, shut down by protesters this morning, is proof that dairy companies like Fonterra are not moving out...
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Coal, Air Quality, Health and Deprivation
This is the first of several posts on the impact of fossil fuels on air quality and health. To...
Read MoreFrom indigenous mudfish to the climate: you can’t trust Bathurst Resources
Coal company Bathurst Resources is at it again, this time applying to expand its coal mine at Coalgate, in mid-Canterbury, adding another 18ha to its current mine, which supplies the Fonterra and Synlait dairy factories. ...
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Bathurst Coalgate expansion submission guide
SUBMISSION GUIDE AGAINST BATHURST’S PROPOSED EXPANSION OF COAL MINING NEAR COALGATE Â Please...
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Jeanette Fitzsimons, the coal campaigner
On Wednesday night 4 March we held our fortnightly Zoom call for an hour and a half, a standing...
Read MoreNew Canterbury coal mine will have a fight on its hands
PRESS RELEASE If a coal miner – today given a green light to purchase sensitive Canterbury land for its coal – Â thinks it will be able to build a new coal mine it is likely to face serious opposition, Coal Action...
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Fonterra’s halt on new coal welcome: don’t dash for gas
PRESS RELEASE Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA) today welcomed Fonterra’s commitment to...
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