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Fonterra’s halt on new coal welcome: don’t dash for gas
PRESS RELEASE Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA) today welcomed Fonterra’s commitment to...
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Our submission to the Zero Carbon Bill
The deadline is fast-approaching for submissions to the Zero Carbon Bill. We’ve sent ours in...
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Fonterra puts coal on spin cycle
We appear to have forced Fonterra into defending its coal use. They’ve got a new page on...
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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...
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