Tag: canterbury coal
Coalition of 30 environmental groups launches 10-point climate action plan
PRESS RELEASE A coalition of over 30 organisations from across Aotearoa has come together to launch a 10 point plan called “Climate Shift”, which calls for urgent climate action from parties across the political spectrum in the...
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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...
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Protest Fonterra, New Zealand’s Worst Polluter, this Friday, 28th May 2021
AUCKLAND PROTEST: Victoria Park, cnr Halsey & Fanshawe St, opposite Fonterra HQ at 109...
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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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. ...
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 – thinks it will be able to build a new coal mine it is likely to face serious opposition, Coal Action...
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