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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 MoreNew climate report a wakeup call for all governments, including NZ
PRESS RELEASE The IPCC report on 1.5˚C should be a wake-up call for the government as it negotiates the Zero Carbon Act with the opposition, says Coal Action Network Aotearoa. The report, just released today, says C02 emissions...
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Protesters greet mining conference field trip, demanding rapid phase-out of coal
PRESS RELEASE Protesters today greeted mining conference delegates on their field trip to the...
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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Fonterra finally admits its coal mine is “on hold”
By Jeanette Fitzsimons Fonterra has just confirmed, in a letter to local residents, that its...
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The Field Trip to Failure
The mining industry is set to do a field trip to the Mataura lignite resource this weekend – the resource that contributed to Solid Energy’s failure.
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New Jobs After Coal report – the future of coal is grim – but a transition to a better economy is underway
Press release The situation for the future of coal in New Zealand is getting increasingly grim by...
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 MoreCoal communities deserve better than the “boom and bust” coal industry
We at Coal Action Network have a vision for Aotearoa: that we are coal-free by 2027. We’ve arrived at this date as it’s when all the current coal mines in operation around the country will reach their end date. It doesn’t...
Read MoreThe real deal on Westpac’s coal funding
When we started our campaign against Westpac because of its investment in Bathurst Resources, the company bit back. No, no, we don’t invest in Denniston, they said. We were investing in Bathurst before they were planning...
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