Tag: coal
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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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...
Read MoreResponding to Bernie
Coal Action Network Aotearoa was recently approached by the editor of the insider mining magazine “Inside Resources,” Bernie Napp, who had read our submission to MBIE/EECA on process heat and wanted to create a...
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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