Tag: climate change
Fonterra: a useful step forward?
By Jeanette Fitzsimons In April, the media reported that Fonterra has carried out a trial of...
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Responding to Bernie
Coal Action Network Aotearoa was recently approached by the editor of the insider mining magazine ...
Read MoreIs this the week we lose the US climate battle?
By Rob Taylor By a 5-4 vote in 2007, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) said that greenhouse gas emissions should be regulated by the EPA under the Clean Air Act; this decision was the legal basis for Obama’s actions on climate....
Read MoreTe Kuha protection a “victory for the people, climate change, and great spotted kiwi”
PRESS RELEASE 16 June 2018 The decision to protect a section of the West Coast’s Mt Rochfort Conservation area from becoming a coal mine – announced today by the Government – will come as an enormous relief to a lot...
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Chch council should drop climate deniers from expert review panel
PRESS RELEASE The Christchurch City Council should drop the two climate deniers it recently...
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Fonterra finally admits its coal mine is “on hold”
By Jeanette Fitzsimons Fonterra has just confirmed, in a letter to local residents, that its...
Read MoreThe Imperative to Leave it in the Ground
Guest blog by Tarsh Turner, a member of the NZ Youth Delegation at the climate talks in Lima. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been working to avert climate disaster for over two decades....
Read MoreCoal Action Network Aotearoa Newsletter November 2014
What’s in this newsletter? 1. Upcoming Events 2. Heads in the Sand! Join us on December 7 3. The Elections – analysis from Jeanette Fitzsimons 4. The IPCC – and New Zealand’s response 5. Honey I...
Read MoreMining decision a tragedy for Denniston plateau
Press release The news that Bathurst plans to start mining at Denniston on 1 July is a tragedy for the stunning ecology of the plateau, Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA) said today. “Not only is this a tragedy for the...
Read MoreNationwide week of action calls on Westpac to stop financing climate change
Press Release from Coal Action Network Aotearoa & 350 Aotearoa Westpac banks right across New Zealand will be the focus of a week of action this week, calling on the bank to stop funding Bathurst Resources’ bid to mine the...
Read MoreAs Environment Court approves Denniston mine, all eyes on Westpac
UPDATE: Next Wednesday lunchtime in Wellington (13/11), help us tell Westpac to stop funding coal mining on the Denniston Plateau: https://www.facebook.com/events/218849471621945/ Press Release In the wake of the Environment...
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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