Tag: climate change
Govt coal boiler ban welcome, but leaves door open for gas, favours Fonterra
The Government’s latest efforts to tackle emissions from coal are not the kind of bold action required to get New Zealand onto a net zero emissions pathway, and disappointingly leaves the door open for gas.
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CLIMATE ACTION FOR AOTEAROA – CANA SUBMISSION TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION, MARCH 2021
All That Summer All that summer we sailed the drowned isthmus, Miramar Island bulking east. Diving...
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Guide to making a submission on the Climate Change Commission’s draft Advice to Government
A number of groups have put their ideas together and created a submission guide/template to help...
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,...
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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CANA responds to the Government’s South Island Electrification Scheme
Government plan to replace coal use welcomed, but concerns remain 26 July 2020– Coal Action...
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The end of Tiwai Point could open huge opportunities for NZ
PRESS RELEASE 9 July 2020–The announced closure of Tiwai Point is welcome news for the...
Read MoreCANA Newsletter March 2020
Jeanette at the CANA gathering in Ashburton, 2017 Photo: Shannon Gilmore Kia ora koutou What a strange world we find ourselves in. We are SO lucky to be in Aotearoa, in our lockdown. We hope you are all safe and well in your...
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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...
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Fire and Denial
The appalling toll of the Australian bushfires and the inept planning and response of their...
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