Tag: climate change
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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COP25: a crime against humanity
This year’s COP really did do its best to break the records for all the wrong reasons: for...
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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